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Esther L. Beek
1913 - 2001
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- Mason City - Esther L. Beek, 87, of 1037 19th St.
S.W., died Saturday (Feb. 10, 2001) at the I.O.O.F. Home in Mason City.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at the Wesley United
Methodist Church in Mason City, with the Rev. Bill Poland officiating.
Interment will be in the Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the Major Erickson
Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City/
Memorials may be given to the Esther L. Beek Memorial Fund.
Esther was born Aug. 31, 1913, in Hancock County, Iowa, the daughter of
Klaus K. and Mary (Saatoff) Pals. She started country schools in Cerro
Gordo County then later attended Klemme High School.
She married Bernard Beek on Feb. 12, 1935, in Clear Lake. They farmed in
the North Iowa area for many years before retiring and moving to Mason
City.
She was a extremely take-charge person with the farming operation, making
a great co-partner with her husband. She was employed by the city of Mason
City as a school crossing guard for more than 20 years.
She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, involved in the
Esther Circle, along with being active in the Farm Bureau Bath Farm Women.
She is survived by three sons, Gary E. Beek and his wife Florence, of
Greene, Craig M. Beek and his wife, Nancy, of Moline, Ill., and Dennis L.
Beek and his wife, Linda, of Mason City; granddaughters, Diana Pieper and
her husband, David, of West Des Moines, and Michelle Beek, of Mason City;
grandsons, Gregory Beek and his wife, Charlie, of Franklin, Tenn., Kirk
Beek and his wife, Sarah, of Moline, Ill., Rodney Beek, of Mason City,
Terry Beek and his wife, Carla, of Charles City, Dallas Beek, of Campbell,
Calif., Bradley Beek and his wife, Grace, of Mason City, and Jason Beek,
of Mason City; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Clarence Pals and
his wife, Millie, of Forest City; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bernard, on Feb. 13,
1997; two brothers and five sisters.
source: Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, 13 Feb 2001, page A11,
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Esther L. Pals Beek: born 31 Aug 1913 - died 10 Feb 2001
Grave marker at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa - Plot Crown Hill A Lot 62 - 3
Daughter of Klaas K. Pals, born 1877 - died 1937 and Mary Saatoff, born
1880 - died 1962
Wife of: Bernard Beek, born 1907 -
died 1997
Mother of:
Dennis LeRoy Beek (1945–2015)
Sister of:
Dowia Pals (1901–1964)
Gertrude Pals (1905–1919)
Elsie Minnie Pals Rickard (1908–1984)
Alma Bena Pals Nelson (1910–1995)
Clarence C Pals (1916–2010)
Gertrude Pals Radloff (1919–1988)
Warren Arthur Pals (1922–1985)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 11072340
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