Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beckhold, Richard F. April 27, 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 28, 2017, 4:10 pm Sentinel-Standard - Monday, April 27, 1970 LAKE ODESSA- Richard F. Beckhold, 48, Grand Ledge, died early Monday morning in Sparrow hospital in Lansing following a long illness. Born July 5, 1921, in Lake Odessa, he was a son of Frank and Lulu Koutz Beckhold, and a graduate of Lake Odessa high school. Following service in the U. S. Army in the European theater of operations he married Edna m. Lane, of Greenville, January 21, 1956. The couple had made their home in Grand Ledge the past several years while he was employed by an auto firm in Lansing until he became ill. Among survivors are his wife, his father and step-mother Mr. and Mrs. Beckhold; a brother, Frederick of Lake Odessa; a step-brother, Max Hazzard of Grand Rapids; three step-sisters, Mrs. Cecil Torrey of Lake Odessa, Mrs. Margaret Short of St. Louis, Mo. and Mrs. LeRue McMillan of Buchanan. The body is at Pickens funeral chapel in Lake Odessa where services will be at 2 pm April 29, the Rev. Floyd Nagel officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside cemetery. Additional Comments: Age: 48 Services: 29 April 1970 Lakeside Cemetery #13-1550 Army 328th Inf. 26th D. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/beckhold5654gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb