William James Beck (1875-1962)

BECK, CLARK

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:44

May 26, 1875 --- September 25, 1962

Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
Wednesday, September 26, 1962

William J. Beck, Retired Farmer

William J. Beck, 87, of 565 Ridge Road, West Webster, retired Minnesota butter-maker and former West Webster farmer, died yesterday (Sept. 25, 1962) after two months' illness.

Mr. Beck, a native of Goldfield, Iowa, came here from East Chain, Minn., in 1935 and ran a small farm in West Webster for a few years. He later was custodian for West Webster School and worked for LeFrois Foods Corp. in Webster.

Mr. Beck was a member of Webster Grange, Webster Presbyterian Church and the church's Men's Sunday School Class and the World Inside Shut-in Club.

Mrs. Beck's wife, Anna, died in 1956.

He is survived by a son, William E. of West Webster; two grandchildren, Mrs. Donald E. Clark of Pasadena, Calif., and William Beck Jr. of West Webster, and a brother, John of Waseca, Minn.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Tinklepaugh Funeral Home, 12 South Ave., Webster and burial will be in West Webster Cemetery.