NEIL J. BEECHER 1983 - 2003

BEECHER, ROGAN, GOFFINET

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/13/2003 at 14:38:44

Neil J. Beecher

Telegraph Herald - Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Neil J. Beecher, 20, of 7361 Grantwood Court, Bellevue, Iowa, formerly of Dubuque, passed away suddenly at 5:25 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, while recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on July 15, 2003.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Roselawn Chapel at Dennis Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, with the Rev. James T. Chappell officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, where there will be a wake service at 5 p.m.

He was born on May 13, 1983, in Dubuque, son of John P. Beecher and Cheryl L. Rogan.

Neil grew up in Dubuque and graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 2001. He worked as a laborer at Eagle Window and Door Co.

His hobbies included hunting, fishing and boating. He also loved spending time with friends and family.

Surviving are his parents, John (Claudia) Beecher, of Dubuque, and Cheryl (Walter) Rogan, of Bellevue; three sisters, Mary Beecher and Samantha and Ali Rogan; a brother, Cole Beecher; his paternal grandmother, Flora Lou Beecher, of Dubuque; his maternal grandmother, M. Darlene Goffinet, of Dubuque; his godmother, Crissy Thoms, of Dubuque; and his godfather, Joe Beecher, of Oskaloosa, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Jack Beecher, on Feb. 14, 1967; and his maternal grandfather, Glen Goffinet, on July 20, 1998.

A Neil J. Beecher Memorial Fund has been established by the family.