An expanded obituary project of MennObits. Includes
additional information of obituaries appearing in
The Mennonite and other newspapers. Source of individual obituaries given with
each record. Project managed by Thelma Martin.
1996
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Beck, Ella
Named Top Resident
At Fairlawn Haven
Ella Beck has been named the resident of the month of
February at Fairlawn haven.
Beck has lived at Fairlawn since December, 1995.
She was born Sept. 12, 1907, in
Beck attended school through the eighth grade.
She worked as a cook at the Archbold school
cafeteria, at Little Eden Camp, and also worked at the
She lived on
Beck traveled as far west as
Beck is a member of
Submitted by: Mona Mann
Fern M. Beck, 56, Archbold, died Thursday morning, Aug.
22, 1996, in the home of her sister, following a brief illness.
Born Dec. 21, 1939, near Archbold, she was a daughter of
Harley and Francis (Klopfenstein) Beck, and lived her lifetime in the
Archbold
area. She owned and operated Fern Beck
Catering in Archbold nearly 20 years.
She previously worked at Jim & Dale's IGA, Archbold, and the
Red
Cross Drug Store, Archbold. She was a
member of the
Surviving are her parents, Harley and Frances Beck,
Archbold; three brothers, Charles Beck, Donald Beck, and her twin Vern
Beck,
all of Archbold; one sister, Mrs. Eugene (Arlene) Zaerr, Archbold.
Services were Sunday, 2:30 p.m., Central Mennonite Church
with Wilmer & Lois Hartman, Charles Gautsche, and Diane Zaerr as
the
officiating pastors. Burial was in