BECK, Henry H.

BECK, VEALE

Posted By: Nancy (email)
Date: 9/15/2003 at 14:22:28

Dec 20, 1945 Morning Sun News-Herald. There was also a photo published with this obit.

Henry H. Beck, 93, oldest male resident of Morning Sun, died at a sanitarium at Macon, Missouri, Friday at 10:40 a.m.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Beck, pioneers, and was born in 1852 near Pleasant Grove. When a young man he went to Breckenbridge, Texas, where he was a wholesale and retail merchant. He married Fannie Davis Veale, and with a group of other men and women they founded the town of Arkansas Pass on the Gulf of Mexico. They made that home in Corsicans, Texas for a time and later moved to Morning Sun, where he lived for forty years. He was the last member of his family known to the older residents of this community. His brother was William Beck of Morning Sun. His sisters were Mrs. Ed. McClurkin of Morning Sun; Mrs. Brigham Jamison of Wapello; Mrs. Dave Schenek of Memphis, Missour, Mrs. Emma Barr, Mrs. Joe Schwaller and Mrs. Fred Smith, all of Burlington.

In his early life Mr. Beck was a male of alert plans, always engaging in pioneering projects. He was a man of wide interests and varied capacities. While in Aransas Pass, Texas, he was a great hunter and fisherman and built his own sailing boat. He loved the out-of-doors and all growing things, especially flowers. He enjoyed people and was a good friend and neighbor. He was always faithful to his religion and his church. In early manhooe he united with the Presbyterian church, of Pleasant Grove, Iowa, the place of his birth. He was made a ruling elder of the Presbyterian church in Breckenbridge, Texas in his Texas residence and in Morning Sun.

Before his closing years, when infirmities came upon him, Mr. Beck was an interested citizen of the various communities where he made his home. Now he has attained that home spoken of in his favorite hymn,
"o that home of the soul in my visions and dreams,
Its bright, jasper walls I can see."

Besides his wife he leaves eight daughters, Mrs. J. Milford Hays, of Morning Sun; Mrs. R.W. Davenport Washington, D.C.; Annie E. Beck, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Esther L. Berea, Kentucky; Marian, Mildred, Ruth and Mary, all of St. Louis, Missouri; one son, William, veteran of World War I. One daughter preceded her father in death.

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the pastor, Rev. O.L. Byrns, officiating. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery.

Miss Nancy Rose Morrison and Miss Eleanor Burge, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Wheeler, sang "Home of the Soul," and "Abide with Me."