Frank L. Beik

BEIK, KAMMERER, LIMBAOCKER, WALKER, KEMP, SCHWEITZER, HARDMAN, DOWNER, WEBER

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Date: 10/9/2018 at 21:26:04

Wapello Republican, April 4, 1935

Frank L. Beik, 62, prominent lifelong resident of Port Louisa township, died at his home at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening as the result of a stroke of paralysis with which he was stricken at 5 o'clock in the evening while driving his car home from Columbus Junction where he and his brother Charles had attended a sale. When Mr. Beik slumped unconscious upon the steering wheel, the auto ran into the ditch out of control. No injuries resulted from the accident. Mr. Beik was at once taken to his home where he passed away without regaining consciousness.

Deceased was the son of Jacob and Emma Beik, and was born June 25, 1872, in Port Louisa township, Louisa county, Iowa. He was married to Miss Mollie Kammerer, a resident of that township, April 12, 1894.

Mr. Beik engaged in farming when he reached manhood and by virtue of hard work, good management and careful attention to business he acquired a fine farm and a fine home in which he and his wife reared a family of five children.
His reputation as an upright citizen and his ability as a business man was long established and recognized when he was elected to serve 13 ½ years as a member of the Louisa county board of supervisors. His final term expired January 1, 1935, when his health required that he retire from active duty.

Surviving are his wife and the following children: Marcus and Lucile, at home; Mrs. Bertha Limbocker of Mediapolis: Mrs. Leona Walker of Burlington, and Mrs. Emma Kemp of West Liberty. Also remaining are five brothers and four sisters, as follows: Charles, John and Paul, of Louisa county; Arthur of Albany, N. Y.; Harold of Chicago, Ill.;' Mrs. Katie Schweitzer, Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Mollie Hardman, of Grandview; Mrs. Lewis Downer of Letts, and Mrs. George Weber of Columbus Junction.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Community church in Grandview. Burial in the Grandview cemetery.