George R. Beaton, 81, retired department head at Plant 4 of Mirro Aluminum Co., Two Rivers, and father of Richard Beaton, manager of Mirro Aluminum Co. plant 5, the rolling mill and distribution center at Manitowoc, died Friday afternoon at a Manitowoc hospital. He previously had been a resident at Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, for a number of years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Beaton was born May 26, 1881, at Fairchild, Wis., son of the late Richard and Amelia Wiedenheft Beaton. When he was a child the family brought him to DePere and a short while later to Two Rivers. He was an early employe of Standard Aluminum Co., Two Rivers, which later became Plant 4 of Mirro Aluminum Co. For a number of years and nearly up to his retirement 10 years ago he was a foreman at Plant No. 4. He married the former Ella Wehausen, a daughter of the late George Wehausen, early superintendent of the Two Rivers Municipal Water and Light Dept. June 11, 1908. She died in March of 1934.
Mr. Beaton was one of the founders of the Golden Age Club at Two Rivers and was active in its affairs also during his residence at Shady Lane. He entertained the group in the earlier years with recitations and vocal solos in many of its programs. Also, he was a member of Two Rivers Lodge of Mason, No. 200, and the 25-Year Club of the Mirro Aluminum Co.
Besides the son, he leaves four daughters, Miss Margaret, a school teacher at Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Gerard Simono, of Two Rivers, Mrs. Harold Radtke, of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Daniel Youra, of Fond du Lac; another son, George, of Portsmouth, Va.; two sisters, Miss Laura and Mrs. Philip Heidorf, of Manitowoc; two brothers, Edwin, of Two Rivers and Otto, of Menasha and 16 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday.
Two Rivers Reporter, March 9, 1963 P. M-7.