1931
Walter
2015
Walter Lee Beck
October 9, 1931 — November 3, 2015
Walter Lee Beck, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings.
Born October 9, 1931, Litchfield, MI of John and Inez Beck, raised on a farm in Delton and graduated in 1950. After graduation Walt worked at Steve Scott Cement Products in Delton . He then entered the U.S. Navy during Korean war 1950-54. Walt worked at KVP Paper Mill in Kalamazoo, and Eaton Mfg., in Battle Creek. In 1958 he started working at Hastings Manufacturing Co., retiring as supervisor after 36 years in the machine room in 1994. He has since been retired for 21 years.
Walt married Shirley (O'Connor) in September 1958 and they have been married 57 years. They had two children, Linda (deceased) Floramo and David Beck. Besides Shirley, his wife, he is survived by his son, David (Ronda) Beck of Charlotte, grandchildren, Ashley and Justin, son-in-law, Chuck Floramo of Midlothian, IL and grandchildren, Joseph and Angela, sister-in-law, Carolyn O'Connor, Battle Creek, MI and June Baatz, Traverse City, MI. Also sisters, Virginia Carlson Sunrise Beach, MO, Naoimi Tolf, Longmont, CO, Verla (Walt) Kohrman, Longmont, CO, Helen (Charles) Hine, Drummond Island, MI and brother, Wilbur Beck, White Lake, MI as well as several nieces and nephews.
Walt bowled many years on a Hastings Mfg. league. He is a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings, serving over the years in many areas including president of Grace Lutheran Church. He enjoyed the years of monthly get-togethers for lunch with his Nifty-Fifty (1950) classmates.
Walter built his own home with his father-in-law, which he still lived in for 55 years. He was good at doing many handy jobs indoors and out, and enjoyed seeing how to invent ways to solve problems. He liked working on cars and small engines and kept thing going thru the years. He could bake a mean pecan pie and cookies from scratch and more. He dealt with COPD and emphysema and was on oxygen 24/7 for the last eight years. The past two years Walt's bone marrow was not making red blood cells, which required him to undergo 120 blood transfusions. THANKS! to all who donate blood.
Walt will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Born October 9, 1931, Litchfield, MI of John and Inez Beck, raised on a farm in Delton and graduated in 1950. After graduation Walt worked at Steve Scott Cement Products in Delton . He then entered the U.S. Navy during Korean war 1950-54. Walt worked at KVP Paper Mill in Kalamazoo, and Eaton Mfg., in Battle Creek. In 1958 he started working at Hastings Manufacturing Co., retiring as supervisor after 36 years in the machine room in 1994. He has since been retired for 21 years.
Walt married Shirley (O'Connor) in September 1958 and they have been married 57 years. They had two children, Linda (deceased) Floramo and David Beck. Besides Shirley, his wife, he is survived by his son, David (Ronda) Beck of Charlotte, grandchildren, Ashley and Justin, son-in-law, Chuck Floramo of Midlothian, IL and grandchildren, Joseph and Angela, sister-in-law, Carolyn O'Connor, Battle Creek, MI and June Baatz, Traverse City, MI. Also sisters, Virginia Carlson Sunrise Beach, MO, Naoimi Tolf, Longmont, CO, Verla (Walt) Kohrman, Longmont, CO, Helen (Charles) Hine, Drummond Island, MI and brother, Wilbur Beck, White Lake, MI as well as several nieces and nephews.
Walt bowled many years on a Hastings Mfg. league. He is a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings, serving over the years in many areas including president of Grace Lutheran Church. He enjoyed the years of monthly get-togethers for lunch with his Nifty-Fifty (1950) classmates.
Walter built his own home with his father-in-law, which he still lived in for 55 years. He was good at doing many handy jobs indoors and out, and enjoyed seeing how to invent ways to solve problems. He liked working on cars and small engines and kept thing going thru the years. He could bake a mean pecan pie and cookies from scratch and more. He dealt with COPD and emphysema and was on oxygen 24/7 for the last eight years. The past two years Walt's bone marrow was not making red blood cells, which required him to undergo 120 blood transfusions. THANKS! to all who donate blood.
Walt will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
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