Lincoln County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....TOBUREN, PAMELA JEAN BECK April 21, 2014
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Ruston Daily Leader - April 24, 2014
PAMELA JEAN BECK TOBUREN

Pamela Jean Beck Toburen, 68, of Ruston, died April 21, 2014 at her home in 
Ruston.  A memorial service will be held at 11:00AM Saturday, April 26, 2014 
in the Burhkalter Chapel of Trinity United Methodist Church.  Reverend Jerry 
Hillburn will officiate.  Visitation will be 9:00AM until 11:00AM service time 
Saturday, April 26, 2014 in the Burkhalter Chapel. Pam was born November 23, 
1945, at Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Beck, Jr.  She 
grew up in Colby, graduating from Colby Community High School in 1963.. She 
began college at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Pam married Robert K. 
Toburen, a Colby classmate, on April 9, 1966.  They lived briefly in Wichita, 
Kansas, until Bob finished his undergraduate degree at Wichita State 
University, where Pan also attended classes.  She moved with Bob back to 
Lawrence in the fall of 1966, where she went back to school and later worked 
as secretary while Bob pursued in Ph.D.. Daughter Janet was born October 21, 
1970.  Pam and Bob moved to Ruston in the fall of 1971, where Bob took a 
position teaching political science at Louisiana Tech University. Pam spent 
her early years in Ruston as a housewife and mother.  She went back to school 
and received her B.A. degree from Louisiana Tech in 1981.  She worked at 
various jobs over the years, mostly in the Louisiana Civil Service System.  
Her longest period of employment was in the Behavioral Science Department at 
Louisiana Tech. Pam loved art and arts and crafts, especially sharing them 
with Jan and the neighbor kids earlier on and later with her grandchildren.  
She had a passion for flowers and plants and spent many hours working in her 
yard, and she lavished attention on her pets. In later years Pam and Bob spent 
vacations and summers in Ruidose, New Mexico, where they shared a cabin with 
her brother-in-l aw and sister-in-law, Nelson and Helen Toburen. Pam was a 
member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Ruston.
Pam is survived by her husband Bob Toburen; daughter, Janet and son-n-law: 
Nicholas Mayfield; grandsons: Michael, Nathaniel, and Nicholas Mayfield, all 
of Ruston; sister, Cathy Ambler and brother-in-law: Allen, of Quincy, 
Illinois; brother, Rick Beck and sister-in-law Mary, of Newton, Kansas; 
brother-in-l aw, Nelson Toburen, and sister-in-law, Helen of Pittsburg, 
Kansas; and brother-in-law, Gary Sloan and wife Pat, of Colby, Kansas.
Pam’s family would like to thank Dr. Allen Herbert, DeeDee Cantrell, and the 
staff at Dr. Heberts office, Dr. David Osafo and his staff, and the care-
givers at Northern Louisiana Medical Center and Legacy Hospice, who supported 
Pam through her long illness.  Thanks also go to relatives and friends whose 
visits and messages were received with gratitude by Pam. Memorials may be made 
to doctorswithoutborders.org; World Food Program (www.wfp.org); or Christian 
Community Action, 108 S. Bonner St. Ruston, La 71270.

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