Mrs. WILLIAM M. (Norma M. Apel) BEAM 1929 - 2003

HERKES, APEL, BEAM, ROSE, FREDERICK, MURPHY, EUDALEY, POST

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/22/2003 at 20:25:41

Norma M. Beam

Telegraph Herald - Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Mrs. William M. (Norma M.) Beam, 74, of 222 Devon Drive, died at 2:39 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.

Private family committal services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Private family visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St.

Mrs. Beam was employed at the former Dubuque Packing Co. for 30 years until her retirement in 1982.

She was born on Aug. 13, 1929, in Dubuque, daughter of Francis and Angeline (Herkes) Apel.

She was a graduate of Dubuque Senior High School. She married William M. Beam on Aug. 13, 1955, in Lancaster, Wis.

She was a member of St. Anthony's Parish and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 150.

Norma's life centered around her family. She was a very devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed cooking and baking cakes and crocheting. She was a very loving and caring person. She was an angel and will be missed by all who loved her.

Surviving are her husband, William M. Beam; three daughters, Candie M. Rose, of Eldridge, Iowa, Connie M. (Larry) Frederick, of Minnetonka, Minn., and Chris M. Murphy, of Apple Valley, Minn.; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Janann (John) Eudaley, of Guttenberg, Iowa, and Diane (Robert) Post, of Hastings, Minn.; a brother, Francis (Norma) Apel, of Dubuque; and nieces and nephews.

A Norma M. Beam Memorial Fund has been established.