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Evelyn Deloris <I>Douglas</I> Beck

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Evelyn Deloris Douglas Beck

Birth
Bookwalter, Pawnee County, Nebraska, USA
Death
31 Jul 1999 (aged 84)
Creston, Union County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Beck, Evelyn Deloris Douglas - Funeral services for E. Deloris Beck, age 84 of Lenox, who died Saturday at Greater Community Hospital in Creston, were held Tuesday, August 3, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. at the Lenox Presbyterian Church with Pastor Tim Maxa officiating. Burial was held in the West Fairview Cemetery.

Memorials can be given in her name. Services were conducted by the Ritchie Funeral Home of Lenox. [Died July 31, 1999]

Evelyn Deloris Beck was born December 25, 1914 in Bookwalter, Nebraska, the daughter of D. Gilbert Douglas and Mildred (Hunt) Douglas. In 1931 Deloris moved to the Lenox area with her parents and graduated from Lenox High School in 1932.

On February 7, 1937 she was united in marriage to Harold Beck on her parents' farm in Cromwell. After their marriage they moved to a farm south of Lenox where she resided until her death.

She and Harold enjoyed attending the Iowa State Fair together and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchild. In her spare time she enjoyed painting ceramics and china, quilting and crocheting. Deloris and her sister Bernice, spent many hours updating the history for the East and West Fairview Cemetery Plot Books in the early 1970's.

She was a long-time member of the United Presbyterian Church in Lenox, various church circles and organizations and a member of the Stitch, hatter and Gossip Club.

She is survived by her husband Harold of Lenox; a daughter, Elaine Grantham and husband Dwight of Atlantic; a brother, Don Douglas and wife Betty of Prescott; a sister, Bernice Brown and husband Delman of Lenox; a brother-in-law, Donald Tully of Lenox; a sister-in-law, Beulah Douglas of Lenox; two grandchildren, Becky Mortenson and husband Daniel of Madison, South Dakota and Brian Grantham of Kansas City, Missouri; and a great-grandson, Grant Mortenson.

Preceding her in death are her parents, D. Gilbert and Mildred; two brothers, Glen and Earl Douglas; two sisters, Mineva Tully and Beulah Douglas (at infancy); and a sister-in-law, Jean Douglas.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday August 4, 1999
Beck, Evelyn Deloris Douglas - Funeral services for E. Deloris Beck, age 84 of Lenox, who died Saturday at Greater Community Hospital in Creston, were held Tuesday, August 3, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. at the Lenox Presbyterian Church with Pastor Tim Maxa officiating. Burial was held in the West Fairview Cemetery.

Memorials can be given in her name. Services were conducted by the Ritchie Funeral Home of Lenox. [Died July 31, 1999]

Evelyn Deloris Beck was born December 25, 1914 in Bookwalter, Nebraska, the daughter of D. Gilbert Douglas and Mildred (Hunt) Douglas. In 1931 Deloris moved to the Lenox area with her parents and graduated from Lenox High School in 1932.

On February 7, 1937 she was united in marriage to Harold Beck on her parents' farm in Cromwell. After their marriage they moved to a farm south of Lenox where she resided until her death.

She and Harold enjoyed attending the Iowa State Fair together and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchild. In her spare time she enjoyed painting ceramics and china, quilting and crocheting. Deloris and her sister Bernice, spent many hours updating the history for the East and West Fairview Cemetery Plot Books in the early 1970's.

She was a long-time member of the United Presbyterian Church in Lenox, various church circles and organizations and a member of the Stitch, hatter and Gossip Club.

She is survived by her husband Harold of Lenox; a daughter, Elaine Grantham and husband Dwight of Atlantic; a brother, Don Douglas and wife Betty of Prescott; a sister, Bernice Brown and husband Delman of Lenox; a brother-in-law, Donald Tully of Lenox; a sister-in-law, Beulah Douglas of Lenox; two grandchildren, Becky Mortenson and husband Daniel of Madison, South Dakota and Brian Grantham of Kansas City, Missouri; and a great-grandson, Grant Mortenson.

Preceding her in death are her parents, D. Gilbert and Mildred; two brothers, Glen and Earl Douglas; two sisters, Mineva Tully and Beulah Douglas (at infancy); and a sister-in-law, Jean Douglas.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday August 4, 1999


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