Owen Alva BEAMAN

BEAMAN, SMOCK, HUDSON, ADAMS, MCDONOUGH, ABELL, DARNOLD, MARTIN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/10/2011 at 19:27:34

Osceola Sentinel
Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa
June, 2003

OBITUARY ~ OWEN ALVA BEAMAN

Owen Alva BEAMAN, son of Edward Elmer and Mary Ellen SMOCK BEAMAN, was born March 6, 1912, near Hopeville in Clarke County and died May 29, 2003, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston.

He attended Clarke County rural schools. He married Margaret Lucille HUDSON on Jan. 16, 1943, in Grant City, Mo.

Mr. BEAMAN worked for the Union County Road Department as a heavy equipment operator for more than 30 years. He retired in 1974.

He lived most of his life in the Arispe area and served as mayor of Arispe and was on the Arispe City Council.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8882 of Afton and the American Legion Ringgold Post No. 172 of Mount Ayr. He served in the European Theater of Operation, Company B, 5th Armored Division, 15th Armored Infantry Battalion and received two Bronze Stars with oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.

He was preceded in death by his parents and step-father, Ralph ADAMS.

Mr. BEAMAN is survived by his wife of Arispe; two daughters, Lonna McDONOUGH of Osceola and Arlinda ABELL of Creston; a brother, Cecil BEAMAN of Shannon City; a sister, Grace LEWIS of Afton; five grandchildren, Colin McDONOUGH and his wife, Joni McDONOUGH, of Greeley, Colo., Eron and Kylie McDONOUGH of Osceola, Karrie DARNOLD and her husband, Tim DARNOLD and Tami MARTIN and her husband, Jason MARTIN, all of Creston and three great-grandchildren, Shane ABELL and Sydney and Jessie MARTIN of Creston.

Funeral services for Mr. BEAMAN were at Powers Funeral Home in Creston, the Rev. Dwayne HENRICHS of Thayer officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery at Afton.

A memorial will be established in his name.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2011