Bartholomew "Bart" A. Beacom 1921-2011

BEACOM, BARRETT, BEAUBIEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/31/2013 at 13:33:03

Sioux City Journal
27 December 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Bartholomew "Bart" A. Beacom, 90, formerly of Sioux City died peacefully Dec. 25, 2011 surrounded by his family at Prince of Peace, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Lambert Catholic Church in Sioux Falls. Visitation will begin at 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. The family will then be present to greet friends beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with a liturgical prayer service followed by the holy rosary beginning at 7 p.m., at St. Lambert Catholic Church.

Bart was born Aug. 2, 1921, to Thomas and Grace Barrett Beacom, in Sioux City. He was the only one of his six siblings to be born in a hospital. Bart graduated from Trinity Catholic High School in 1939. Bart attended two years of pre-law at Trinity College in Sioux City. During his school years Bart missed only one day of school back in first grade for sickness. Bart was a veteran and served in the US Army Air Corps, during World War II, from Oct. 29, 1942 to Feb. 25, 1946.

Bart married his wonderful life long sweetheart, Mary Joanne "Jo" Beaubien on June 20, 1953. Bart and Jo moved to Sioux Falls in 1954. Bart worked for the Burlington Northern Railroad, retiring in 1981 after 40 years; never missing a day of work.

Bart was a huge sports fan and was grateful to see his Boston Red Sox and Green Bay Packers win national titles. Bart and Jo were charter members of Saint Lambert Catholic Church. They raised six children in a loving family home one block north of their church.

Bart was truly grateful for having shared his life with his wife of 58 years, Jo; his children, Jeannie (Charlie) Schneider, Daniel (Ann Roemen), Connie (Jim) Ross, Whitewood, Miles Kelly (Lisa), Susan (Thomas) Underberg, Stephen (Stacey); 19 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; a sister-in-law, Eleanor Beacom; and many loving nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary Forney; and brothers, John, Henry, Thomas, and Giles.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Bart and Joanne Beacom Endowment Fund for Tuition Assistance or the Sioux Falls Catholic Schools.