Beeck, Fred 1885-1960

BEECK, JOHN, JOHNSON

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Date: 2/8/2012 at 14:43:23

Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, USA Monday August 8, 1960

FRED BEECK EXPIRES — WAS LONGTIME AKRON AREA RESIDENT

Funeral services for Fred Beeck, 75, a resident of the Akron area since 1912, who died Sunday at the Akron hospital after suffering a heart attack, will be at 2 p. m . Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran n church, Akron. Rev. Luther Meyer will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, under direction of the Lewison funeral home.

Mr. Beeck was born March 27, 1885, in Germany. He married Wilhelmina John. May 15, 1908 in Germany. They came to the United States in 1912, settling on a farm near Akron. He retired about five years ago and moved into Akron.

Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Mrs, Carl Johnson of Craig, nine sons, William of Reading, Minn., John of Le Mars, and Gus, Christ , Henry, Albert. Carl, Emil and Alvin, all of Akron; three brothers, Christ of Chatsworth, Jake of Wentworth, S. D., and Henry, living in Germany; 25 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.