Oscar Irvin Beck

Mr. Beck died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community.

He was born April 30, 1922, in Melvern, the son of Oscar Irvin Sr. and Hazel (Goldsmith) Beck.

He was a World War II Navy veteran.

Mr. Beck retired as an oil field pumper and had been a self-employed oil field maintenance operator. He previously worked for the Union Pacific Railroad; was a postmaster for the Crow Agency Indian Reservation in Montana; and had worked in the coal mines in Burlingame. He also owned the Cozy Cafe during the early 1950s in Burlingame.

Before moving to Lawrence he lived in Holyrood, where he was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ and the American Legion Post No. 200.

He married Pauline Dill on Feb. 1, 1942, in Lawrence. She died Jan. 17, 2002.

Survivors include a daughter, JoAnn Seitz, Lawrence; a brother, Russell, Emporia; five sisters, Anita Faulkner and Ione Monroe, both of Osage City; Velma McMillin, Hoisington, Wiona Brown, Lawrence, and Irene Sattler, Newton; four grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

The family suggests memorials to the Oscar I. Beck Memorial Fund, sent in care of the funeral chapel.