Richard Beckwith (1920-2006)
BECKWITH, LINE, HAMILTON, CRAMER, WILTSE, WISE, FAUST, DIGHTON, JOHNSON, FAZZINO
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/10/2006 at 06:43:21
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, May 9, 2006.
Richard D. "Bud" Beckwith, 85, formerly of 127 S. Story St. in Boone, died Sunday, May 7, at Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. He had made his residence there since February 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 11, at First Presbyterian Church in Boone with Richard Harken officiating. Burial with presentation of the flag conducted by the Veterans Council of Boone will be in Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone.
Richard Beckwith was born on June 17, 1920 in Diller, Neb., the son of Paul and Maryellen (Line) Beckwith. He married Pearl Hamilton April 19, 1942, in the Presbyterian Church of Oelwein.
He was a grocer. He began working in the grocery business as a young man in Omaha, Neb., while his father worked for Safeway Stores. In 1938, he moved with his parents to Boone where they, with other family members and business associates of Paul, founded a grocery chain named Fareway Stores Inc. For the next four years, Bud worked in the new stores in Boone, Ames, Webster City, Estherville, Carroll, and Oelwein. In 1942, he was appointed manager of a new Fareway store in Nevada.
In February 1943, he was inducted into the U.S. Army, with which he served proudly in Normandy, Northern France, and Central Europe. He was injured by the blast of a bomb in Europe and returned home in December 1945.
In 1946, Bud and Pearl moved to Vinton, where he managed the new Fareway store in that community. All three of their children were born in Vinton. In 1956, the family moved to Boone, and he began supervising stores and working in the Fareway corporate office there until he retired as a vice president in 1981.
He was an active member in the Presbyterian Church in Boone. He was a pilot and enjoyed many friends at the Boone airport. He enjoyed dancing, farming and annual fishing trips to Minnesota and Canada with family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Maryellen; his wife, Pearl in July 1992; and two sisters, PauLine Beckwith Cramer and EvaLine Beckwith Wiltse.
He is survived by his daughter, Mary Lynnell Beckwith Wise; his sons Richard Paul Beckwith and wife Cindy and Scott Hamilton Beckwith and wife Kathy; grandchildren Joel Wise and wife Rachel, Stacie (Beckwith) Faust and husband Chris, Ammie (Beckwith) Dighton and husband Jeff, Jennifer (Beckwith) Johnson and husband Jeff, Emily (Beckwith) Fazzino and husband Alex, Richard Beckwith II, Bruce Hamilton Beckwith, Kathryn Lindsey Beckwith and Angela Renea Beckwith; great-grandchildren Caleb and Nathan Wise, Whitney Faust, Paige and Carter Dighton, Jack and Abbey Johnson and Nicky Fazzino; one brother, F. William Beckwith; and nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, at Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone and from 8:30 a.m. until time of service Thursday. The family will be present at Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to greet friends.
Memorials may be given to Boy Scouts of America or Habitat For Humanity.
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangements.
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