Mrs. BERNARD (Rose M. Goerdt) BECKMAN 1908-2003

SCHOCKEMOEHL, GOERDT, BECKMAN, FREY, WESTENDORF, SCHUELLER, STEFFEN, PINS, MAIERS, WULFEKUHLE, BAGGE, MENSEN, DOLAN, LOESCHE, GRAWE, DOERR, KRAMER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 12/16/2003 at 13:52:18

Rose M. Beckman

Telegraph Herald - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Rose M. (Goerdt) Beckman, 95, of Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Douglas Loecke officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be the parish scripture service at 5 p.m.

She was born on Sept. 24, 1908, in Dyersville, daughter of Frank and Catherine (Schockemoehl) Goerdt.

Rose was educated in a rural school and worked at the Glover Shirt Factory in Dyersville.

She married Bernard Beckman on March 30, 1959. They owned and operated the Park Motel in Salida, Colo., until his death on Aug. 20, 1962. Rose returned to Dyersville, where she worked at the Ben Franklin Store and Darlene's Cards and Gift Shop.

Surviving are two stepdaughters, Mary Ellen Frey, of Waterloo, and Margaret Westendorf, of California; a step daughter-in-law, Claudia (Lawrence) Schueller, of New Hampton; two nephews, James Steffen, of Dubuque, and Neil Goerdt, of Dyersville; 12 nieces, Lois Pins, Julie, Mary and Donna Goerdt, Mercedes Maiers, Madonna Wulfekuhle, Imogene (Jerome) Bagge and Jean Mensen, all of Dyersville, Bernice (Pat) Dolan, of Rockford, Ill., Melaine (Andy) Loesche and Aurelia Grawe, both of Manchester, and Margaret Doerr, of Dubuque; and a special great-niece, Sue (Ed) Kramer, of Dyersville.

She also was preceded in death by a stepson, Bernard Beckman, Jr.; four brothers, Edward, Albert, William and Emil Goerdt; and two sisters, Clara Grawe and Hilda Steffen.