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Donald Gerald Beckwith

Birth
Waymart, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 May 1988 (aged 68)
Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Elmhurst Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Donald Beckwith, Prospect Street, Waymart, was stricken at home Friday, May 20, 1988, and was pronounced dead shortly after admission to Wayne County Memorial Hospital Friday, May 20, 1988. His widow is the former Marjorie Burdick. His first wife, the former Doris Burdick, preceded him in death.
Born in Waymart, son of the late Coe Beckwith and Ruth Swingle Beckwith Beam, he had resided in Waymart all of his life and was a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Waymart. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of American Legion Post 889.
Additional survivors include two daughters, Charlotte Miller, Prompton, and Emilie Petrilak, Waymart RD 1; two brothers, Walter, Honesdale, and Warren, Equinunk; one half-sister, Thelma Stratton, Waymart RD1; a step-sister, Jennie Bellis, Waymart RD 2; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted this morning in Waymart. Interment was in Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst.
Donald Beckwith, Prospect Street, Waymart, was stricken at home Friday, May 20, 1988, and was pronounced dead shortly after admission to Wayne County Memorial Hospital Friday, May 20, 1988. His widow is the former Marjorie Burdick. His first wife, the former Doris Burdick, preceded him in death.
Born in Waymart, son of the late Coe Beckwith and Ruth Swingle Beckwith Beam, he had resided in Waymart all of his life and was a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Waymart. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of American Legion Post 889.
Additional survivors include two daughters, Charlotte Miller, Prompton, and Emilie Petrilak, Waymart RD 1; two brothers, Walter, Honesdale, and Warren, Equinunk; one half-sister, Thelma Stratton, Waymart RD1; a step-sister, Jennie Bellis, Waymart RD 2; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted this morning in Waymart. Interment was in Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst.


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