L. Jeanne Beck, 89, Manhattan, KS passed away Friday, September 25, 2009 in the Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan.
She was born March 8, 1920 on a farm between Basehor and Tonganoxie, Kansas. Her parents were George A. Stephenson and Hazel Fulcher Stephenson.
The family moved to Larned, Kansas when Jeanne was 10 years old. She graduated from Larned High School in 1938 as Valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1942 with a B.S. in Home Economics and Education. She was a member of Clovia 4-H Scholarship House. She also did graduate studies at Kansas State.
Jeanne was united in marriage on May 31, 1942, to Henry V. Beck of Colby, Kansas at the First United Methodist Church in Larned. They had two children, Sandra Jeanne and Steven Richard.
Henry entered the US Navy in the fall of 1942, and spent the next four years at various Naval installations in the United States and Okinawa. Jeanne taught Home Economics at Lewis High School, Lewis, Kansas in 1943. The rest of those four years she traveled with her husband to the assignments in the States. When Henry returned from Okinawa after the war, the couple returned to Manhattan. Henry served Kansas State University as a Professor of Geology and Jeanne worked in the College of Home Economics.
Jeanne was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan. She was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout Leader, a member of the KSU President's Club, Daughters of the Nile, Salina; Order of the Beauceant, Topeka; Thomas County Historical Society and Manhattan Country Club. She was Past President of Chapter FK, P.E.O., KSU Faculty Women's Social Club, Clovia Alumnae Association; and Past Guardian of International Order of Job's Daughters, Manhattan. She was a member of Manhattan Chapter No. 209, Order of the Eastern Star, Manhattan, and Past Grand Matron (President) of the State of Kansas, Order of the Eastern Star. She served the International Order of the Eastern Star as Ambassador to the Philippines in 2000.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Henry on May 11th, 1986, daughter, Sandra on November 30, 2002 and son, Steven, on October 10, 2008.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Candace Beck, Longmont, CO; son-in-law, Richard Flynn, Murray, KY; grandchildren: James Beck, Brooklyn, NY; Stephanie Beck, Westminster, CO; Sarah Rodriguez and husband Aaron, Longmont, CO; Amy Peoples and husband, Andy, San Jose, CA; eight step-grandchildren; and two great grandsons, Alex and Camden Peoples; and sister Mary Jane Vaughn and husband, Roy, Bentley, KS.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kay Scarbrough officiating.
Burial will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan.
The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Memorial contributions can be made to the L. Jeanne Stephenson Beck Scholarship in Human Ecology, c/o KSU Foundation and can be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.
She was born March 8, 1920 on a farm between Basehor and Tonganoxie, Kansas. Her parents were George A. Stephenson and Hazel Fulcher Stephenson.
The family moved to Larned, Kansas when Jeanne was 10 years old. She graduated from Larned High School in 1938 as Valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1942 with a B.S. in Home Economics and Education. She was a member of Clovia 4-H Scholarship House. She also did graduate studies at Kansas State.
Jeanne was united in marriage on May 31, 1942, to Henry V. Beck of Colby, Kansas at the First United Methodist Church in Larned. They had two children, Sandra Jeanne and Steven Richard.
Henry entered the US Navy in the fall of 1942, and spent the next four years at various Naval installations in the United States and Okinawa. Jeanne taught Home Economics at Lewis High School, Lewis, Kansas in 1943. The rest of those four years she traveled with her husband to the assignments in the States. When Henry returned from Okinawa after the war, the couple returned to Manhattan. Henry served Kansas State University as a Professor of Geology and Jeanne worked in the College of Home Economics.
Jeanne was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan. She was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout Leader, a member of the KSU President's Club, Daughters of the Nile, Salina; Order of the Beauceant, Topeka; Thomas County Historical Society and Manhattan Country Club. She was Past President of Chapter FK, P.E.O., KSU Faculty Women's Social Club, Clovia Alumnae Association; and Past Guardian of International Order of Job's Daughters, Manhattan. She was a member of Manhattan Chapter No. 209, Order of the Eastern Star, Manhattan, and Past Grand Matron (President) of the State of Kansas, Order of the Eastern Star. She served the International Order of the Eastern Star as Ambassador to the Philippines in 2000.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Henry on May 11th, 1986, daughter, Sandra on November 30, 2002 and son, Steven, on October 10, 2008.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Candace Beck, Longmont, CO; son-in-law, Richard Flynn, Murray, KY; grandchildren: James Beck, Brooklyn, NY; Stephanie Beck, Westminster, CO; Sarah Rodriguez and husband Aaron, Longmont, CO; Amy Peoples and husband, Andy, San Jose, CA; eight step-grandchildren; and two great grandsons, Alex and Camden Peoples; and sister Mary Jane Vaughn and husband, Roy, Bentley, KS.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kay Scarbrough officiating.
Burial will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan.
The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Memorial contributions can be made to the L. Jeanne Stephenson Beck Scholarship in Human Ecology, c/o KSU Foundation and can be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.
L. Jeanne Beck, 89, Manhattan, KS passed away Friday, September 25, 2009 in the Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan.
She was born March 8, 1920 on a farm between Basehor and Tonganoxie, Kansas. Her parents were George A. Stephenson and Hazel Fulcher Stephenson.
The family moved to Larned, Kansas when Jeanne was 10 years old. She graduated from Larned High School in 1938 as Valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1942 with a B.S. in Home Economics and Education. She was a member of Clovia 4-H Scholarship House. She also did graduate studies at Kansas State.
Jeanne was united in marriage on May 31, 1942, to Henry V. Beck of Colby, Kansas at the First United Methodist Church in Larned. They had two children, Sandra Jeanne and Steven Richard.
Henry entered the US Navy in the fall of 1942, and spent the next four years at various Naval installations in the United States and Okinawa. Jeanne taught Home Economics at Lewis High School, Lewis, Kansas in 1943. The rest of those four years she traveled with her husband to the assignments in the States. When Henry returned from Okinawa after the war, the couple returned to Manhattan. Henry served Kansas State University as a Professor of Geology and Jeanne worked in the College of Home Economics.
Jeanne was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan. She was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout Leader, a member of the KSU President's Club, Daughters of the Nile, Salina; Order of the Beauceant, Topeka; Thomas County Historical Society and Manhattan Country Club. She was Past President of Chapter FK, P.E.O., KSU Faculty Women's Social Club, Clovia Alumnae Association; and Past Guardian of International Order of Job's Daughters, Manhattan. She was a member of Manhattan Chapter No. 209, Order of the Eastern Star, Manhattan, and Past Grand Matron (President) of the State of Kansas, Order of the Eastern Star. She served the International Order of the Eastern Star as Ambassador to the Philippines in 2000.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Henry on May 11th, 1986, daughter, Sandra on November 30, 2002 and son, Steven, on October 10, 2008.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Candace Beck, Longmont, CO; son-in-law, Richard Flynn, Murray, KY; grandchildren: James Beck, Brooklyn, NY; Stephanie Beck, Westminster, CO; Sarah Rodriguez and husband Aaron, Longmont, CO; Amy Peoples and husband, Andy, San Jose, CA; eight step-grandchildren; and two great grandsons, Alex and Camden Peoples; and sister Mary Jane Vaughn and husband, Roy, Bentley, KS.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kay Scarbrough officiating.
Burial will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan.
The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Memorial contributions can be made to the L. Jeanne Stephenson Beck Scholarship in Human Ecology, c/o KSU Foundation and can be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.
She was born March 8, 1920 on a farm between Basehor and Tonganoxie, Kansas. Her parents were George A. Stephenson and Hazel Fulcher Stephenson.
The family moved to Larned, Kansas when Jeanne was 10 years old. She graduated from Larned High School in 1938 as Valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1942 with a B.S. in Home Economics and Education. She was a member of Clovia 4-H Scholarship House. She also did graduate studies at Kansas State.
Jeanne was united in marriage on May 31, 1942, to Henry V. Beck of Colby, Kansas at the First United Methodist Church in Larned. They had two children, Sandra Jeanne and Steven Richard.
Henry entered the US Navy in the fall of 1942, and spent the next four years at various Naval installations in the United States and Okinawa. Jeanne taught Home Economics at Lewis High School, Lewis, Kansas in 1943. The rest of those four years she traveled with her husband to the assignments in the States. When Henry returned from Okinawa after the war, the couple returned to Manhattan. Henry served Kansas State University as a Professor of Geology and Jeanne worked in the College of Home Economics.
Jeanne was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan. She was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout Leader, a member of the KSU President's Club, Daughters of the Nile, Salina; Order of the Beauceant, Topeka; Thomas County Historical Society and Manhattan Country Club. She was Past President of Chapter FK, P.E.O., KSU Faculty Women's Social Club, Clovia Alumnae Association; and Past Guardian of International Order of Job's Daughters, Manhattan. She was a member of Manhattan Chapter No. 209, Order of the Eastern Star, Manhattan, and Past Grand Matron (President) of the State of Kansas, Order of the Eastern Star. She served the International Order of the Eastern Star as Ambassador to the Philippines in 2000.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Henry on May 11th, 1986, daughter, Sandra on November 30, 2002 and son, Steven, on October 10, 2008.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Candace Beck, Longmont, CO; son-in-law, Richard Flynn, Murray, KY; grandchildren: James Beck, Brooklyn, NY; Stephanie Beck, Westminster, CO; Sarah Rodriguez and husband Aaron, Longmont, CO; Amy Peoples and husband, Andy, San Jose, CA; eight step-grandchildren; and two great grandsons, Alex and Camden Peoples; and sister Mary Jane Vaughn and husband, Roy, Bentley, KS.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kay Scarbrough officiating.
Burial will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan.
The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Memorial contributions can be made to the L. Jeanne Stephenson Beck Scholarship in Human Ecology, c/o KSU Foundation and can be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.
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