Mary Beck's Obituary
Mary Beck 84 of Decatur died Thursday February 17, 2005 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 1:00 pm Tuesday February 22, 2005 in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Pritts officiating. Visitation will be 5-7:00 pm Monday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation. View the on-line obituary and send condolences to the family at www.moranandgoebel.com.
Mary was born in Decatur on March 30, 1920 the daughter of Charles and Bertha Mae Owens Shafer. She married Nobel Eugene "Gene" Beck on December 30, 1960 in Shelbyville he preceded her in death on February 8, 2004.
Surviving are her son, David Beck of Decatur; daughter, Vickie Cole of Decatur; brothers, Jack Shafer and wife Mary of Wapella; Dale Shafer and wife Betty of Ohio; three grandchildren, and three, great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, two daughters, four brothers, and one sister.
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