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An expanded obituary project of MennObits.  Includes additional information of obituaries appearing in
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 1995 - A to B


   Beck, Edwin D.;

Beck, Edwin D.

            Edwin D. Beck, 69, Archbold, died Friday [29 Dec. 1995]  in St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, where he had been a patient since Monday.  

            Born Aug 24, 1926, near Archbold, he was the son of Solomon and Clara (Roth) Beck.  In 1949, he married Valetta Nofziger, who survives.  He was a retired farmer and a member of the Central Mennonite Church.

            Also surviving are two sons, Jay, Archbold, and Sam, Wauseon; two daughters, Mrs. Ed (Jane) Waidelich, and Sandra, Archbold; a brother, Richard, Hicksville; three sisters, Mrs. David (Ilva) Bontrager, Archbold, Mrs. Paul (Irene) Meyer and Mrs. Roger, (Doris) Short, both of Wauseon; and eight grandchildren.

            Memorial services were Tuesday, 11 a.m., at the Central Mennonite Church with Wilmer Hartman, Lois Hartman and Dale Wyse, as the officiating pastors.  Burial was in the Pettisville Cemetery.        [Obit: Archbold (Ohio) Buckeye,  Jan 1996]

Submitted by: Mona Mann


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