Sentinel, The (Carlisle, PA) - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Clyde "Jim" O. Beam, 85, of Carlisle died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, in the Church of God Home, Carlisle.
Born July 21, 1924, in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late David A. and Clara Miller Beam.
Clyde was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran during World War II, serving with the North Atlantic Wing in New Foundland and was an aircraft mechanic and test flew the planes. After WWII, Clyde taught airplane mechanics for three years on the island of Guam. Mr. Beam retired from the Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg after 35 years of service.
Clyde was also employed by the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Booz Allen. He was a former member of St. John's Lodge No. 260 F&AM, and a member of Middlesex United Methodist Church and the Carlisle Family YMCA. He was a volunteer at the former Carlisle Hospital.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Diane Sunday Beam; a son, Steven S. Beam and his wife Jacalyn of Hockessin, Del.; two daughters, Janice M. Kirkley and her husband Paul of St. Augustine, Fla., and Patricia D. Shambaugh, Mechanicsburg; seven grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edwin A. Beam, and a sister, Catharine Shank.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle with the Rev. Jacob Waybright officiating. Burial will be at Westminster Memorial Gardens, Carlisle. There will be a visitation from 1 p.m. Thursday until the time of the services in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Middlesex United Methodist Church, 118 N. Middlesex Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
Clyde "Jim" O. Beam, 85, of Carlisle died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, in the Church of God Home, Carlisle.
Born July 21, 1924, in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late David A. and Clara Miller Beam.
Clyde was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran during World War II, serving with the North Atlantic Wing in New Foundland and was an aircraft mechanic and test flew the planes. After WWII, Clyde taught airplane mechanics for three years on the island of Guam. Mr. Beam retired from the Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg after 35 years of service.
Clyde was also employed by the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Booz Allen. He was a former member of St. John's Lodge No. 260 F&AM, and a member of Middlesex United Methodist Church and the Carlisle Family YMCA. He was a volunteer at the former Carlisle Hospital.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Diane Sunday Beam; a son, Steven S. Beam and his wife Jacalyn of Hockessin, Del.; two daughters, Janice M. Kirkley and her husband Paul of St. Augustine, Fla., and Patricia D. Shambaugh, Mechanicsburg; seven grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edwin A. Beam, and a sister, Catharine Shank.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle with the Rev. Jacob Waybright officiating. Burial will be at Westminster Memorial Gardens, Carlisle. There will be a visitation from 1 p.m. Thursday until the time of the services in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Middlesex United Methodist Church, 118 N. Middlesex Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
Sentinel, The (Carlisle, PA) - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Clyde "Jim" O. Beam, 85, of Carlisle died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, in the Church of God Home, Carlisle.
Born July 21, 1924, in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late David A. and Clara Miller Beam.
Clyde was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran during World War II, serving with the North Atlantic Wing in New Foundland and was an aircraft mechanic and test flew the planes. After WWII, Clyde taught airplane mechanics for three years on the island of Guam. Mr. Beam retired from the Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg after 35 years of service.
Clyde was also employed by the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Booz Allen. He was a former member of St. John's Lodge No. 260 F&AM, and a member of Middlesex United Methodist Church and the Carlisle Family YMCA. He was a volunteer at the former Carlisle Hospital.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Diane Sunday Beam; a son, Steven S. Beam and his wife Jacalyn of Hockessin, Del.; two daughters, Janice M. Kirkley and her husband Paul of St. Augustine, Fla., and Patricia D. Shambaugh, Mechanicsburg; seven grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edwin A. Beam, and a sister, Catharine Shank.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle with the Rev. Jacob Waybright officiating. Burial will be at Westminster Memorial Gardens, Carlisle. There will be a visitation from 1 p.m. Thursday until the time of the services in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Middlesex United Methodist Church, 118 N. Middlesex Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
Clyde "Jim" O. Beam, 85, of Carlisle died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, in the Church of God Home, Carlisle.
Born July 21, 1924, in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late David A. and Clara Miller Beam.
Clyde was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran during World War II, serving with the North Atlantic Wing in New Foundland and was an aircraft mechanic and test flew the planes. After WWII, Clyde taught airplane mechanics for three years on the island of Guam. Mr. Beam retired from the Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg after 35 years of service.
Clyde was also employed by the Space Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Booz Allen. He was a former member of St. John's Lodge No. 260 F&AM, and a member of Middlesex United Methodist Church and the Carlisle Family YMCA. He was a volunteer at the former Carlisle Hospital.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Diane Sunday Beam; a son, Steven S. Beam and his wife Jacalyn of Hockessin, Del.; two daughters, Janice M. Kirkley and her husband Paul of St. Augustine, Fla., and Patricia D. Shambaugh, Mechanicsburg; seven grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edwin A. Beam, and a sister, Catharine Shank.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle with the Rev. Jacob Waybright officiating. Burial will be at Westminster Memorial Gardens, Carlisle. There will be a visitation from 1 p.m. Thursday until the time of the services in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Middlesex United Methodist Church, 118 N. Middlesex Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
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