DAVID BECK

DAVID BECK WAS BORN IN OHIO MAY 31, 1856, AND DIED IN CLARINDA, IOWA, APRIL 11, 1924, AGED 67 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.  ON JANUARY 2, 1887, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH AMANDA DIKE, OF MARTINSVILLE, MO.  OF THIS UNION THERE WAS BORN ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON, BOTH OF WHOM SURVIVE HIM. THE FAMILY MOVED TO MOUNT AYR IN THE SPRING OF 1913, WHERE THE FAMILY HAS RESIDED TO THIS DATE.  ON THE 6TH DAY OF LAST JULY MR. BECK WAS TAKEN TO CLARINDA AND ENTERED THE STATE HOSPITAL FROM WHICH PLACE HE RECEIVED THE SUMMONS OF DEATH ABOUT 2 O’CLOCK APRIL 11, 1924.  SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BEREFT FAMILY ARE THE WIFE, MRS. DAVID BECK, ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. W.E. REYNOLDS AND ONE SON, ELZA BECK, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE SISTER, MRS. LYDIA MULL, ALL OF MOUNT AYR AND ONE SISTER, MRS. BROWER, OF GREENFIELD, IOWA. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30 O’CLOCK AND BURIAL WAS MADE IN ROSE HILL CEMETERY.