BECKNER, George Dean 1897-1960

BECKNER, MADSEN, HAM

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 7/29/2010 at 14:26:30

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Dean Beckner dies at 62, Rites Tentative

Osage---Dean Beckner, 62, died Sunday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill the last year with cancer. He had been an employee of the Mitchell County highway commission 35 years.

Funeral services are tentatively set for Wednesday afternoon at the Faith Lutheran church, Mitchell, with burial in the Mitchell Cemeetery. Champion Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Born in August, 1897, in Rosewell, South Dakota, he was the son of George and Mary Beckner. The family moved to Riceville and then to Mitchell while he was a child. He was married to Anna Madsen, in 1918.

Survivors are his wife, a son, Emmett, Minneapolis; a daughter Phyllis, at home; three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Roland Ham, Hitchell. An infant son preceded him in death.

Mason City Globe Gazette Monday July 18, 1960.

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Dean Beckner rites set Wednesday at Mitchell church.

Osage—Funeral services for Dean Beckner, 62, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m at the Faith Lutheran Church, Mitchell with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. The Rev. William Kampke will officiate and Champion Funeral Home will be in charge.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday July 19, 1960

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WWI Draft Registration August 24, 1918
George Dean Beckner 21, living in Mitchell, Iowa; born August 19, 1897 in Rosewell, South Dakota. Nearest relative, father George M. Beckner

According to the 1925 Iowa Census: George Dean Beckner was the son of George M Beckner and Mary F (Bates) Beckner. His parents are buried in the Osage Cemetery. His wife Anna was the daughter of Hans Madsen and Christine Nielson.