Born in Yankton, S. D., June 4, 1895, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beck. He came to Montana with his parents in 1913, and attended public schools in Billings.
Mr. Beck worked as a car foreman with Northern Pacific Railroad for 43 years and served in World War I.
He married Margaret Allen in Butte in 1940.
Survivors include the widow; three sons, Edward F. Beck, Edward J. Beck, Jr., both of Billings, and Donald Beck of California; three daughters, Mrs. Maxine Steinmetz, Mrs. Jacob Cook, and Mrs. John Kreiner, all of Billings; five brothers, John, of Billings; William and Ted, both of Seattle; Fred, of Portland, and Edwin Beck of Spokane; four sisters, Mrs. Johanna Baney of Olivette, SD, Mrs. Clara Dean of Gettysburg, SD, Mrs. Martha Stieverson of Billings and Mrs. Loretta Sollinger of Los Angeles, Calif.; 23 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be in Smith's Funeral Chapel Saturday at 10 a.m. with burial in Mountview Cemetery.
Published in the Billings Gazette
Born in Yankton, S. D., June 4, 1895, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beck. He came to Montana with his parents in 1913, and attended public schools in Billings.
Mr. Beck worked as a car foreman with Northern Pacific Railroad for 43 years and served in World War I.
He married Margaret Allen in Butte in 1940.
Survivors include the widow; three sons, Edward F. Beck, Edward J. Beck, Jr., both of Billings, and Donald Beck of California; three daughters, Mrs. Maxine Steinmetz, Mrs. Jacob Cook, and Mrs. John Kreiner, all of Billings; five brothers, John, of Billings; William and Ted, both of Seattle; Fred, of Portland, and Edwin Beck of Spokane; four sisters, Mrs. Johanna Baney of Olivette, SD, Mrs. Clara Dean of Gettysburg, SD, Mrs. Martha Stieverson of Billings and Mrs. Loretta Sollinger of Los Angeles, Calif.; 23 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be in Smith's Funeral Chapel Saturday at 10 a.m. with burial in Mountview Cemetery.
Published in the Billings Gazette
Family Members
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Amelia Beck Clark
1884–1950
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Jacob "Jake" Beck
1886–1958
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Johanna Beck Baney
1891–1977
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Henry Beck
1893–1965
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Fred Adam Beck
1897–1974
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William "Bill/Willie" Beck Sr
1901–1979
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John Emil Beck
1903–1994
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Harold Julius Beck
1905–1916
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Theodore C. Beck
1908–1983
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Martha Beck Stiverson
1910–1992
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Edwin Albert Beck
1912–1977
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