Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beckler, Gene Paul 2007
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The Greenville Daily News, May 7, 2007


Gene Paul Beckler age 69 died Friday May 4, 2007 at Spectrum Health Butterworth 
Campus Grand Rapids Michigan. He was born in Lynch, Kentucky on May 14, 1937 
the son of Melvin and Ruby Parris Beckler. 

Gene served his country in the US Air Force from 1954 to 1958. While stationed 
in Maine he met and married Alphonsine T. Albert on September 1, 1958 in 
Madawaska, Maine. He was a member of the American Legion Post # 101 of 
Greenville, St. Charles Catholic Church, a judo instructor while in the US Air 
Force, a football coach at St. Charles for 7 years and was employed at 
Frigidaire (Electrolux) for 32 years.Gene was an avid hunter and fisherman and 
enjoyed gardening living life to the fullest. 

He is survived by his wife ‘Al’ of Greenville, his children, John and Lynn 
Beckler of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Gene A. and Sharyl Beckler of Anderson 
S.C., Judy Beckler and fiancé Ben Bowser of Greenville and David Beckler of 
Stanton, his grandchildren, Jeremy, Jeffrey, Rachel, Amanda, Scott and Tara, 
his brothers and sisters, Daniel and Marilyn Beckler of Washington, Illinois, 
Mildred and Dan Paepke of Pierson, Henry and Nancy Beckler of Luray, Virginia, 
Mitchell and Kathy Beckler of Ft. White FL , Brenda and James Hughes of Luray 
VA, Jo-Elaine and Troy Golden of Cumberland, KY, Patricia and Sidney Bush of 
Roanoke, VA and Frank Beckler of Lexington, KY , his sisters in law, Ruth and 
Dale Wanink of Belding, Virginia and Jesse Seward of Sheridan and Nancy and 
Bill Baker of Peoria, IL, and several nieces and nephews. His parents and his 
sister Ruth Ann Beckler preceded him in death. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Charles Catholic Church on 
Thursday May 10 2007 at 10 AM with Father Phil Salmonowicz as celebrant. Burial 
will be in Rest Haven Memory Gardens with military honors provided by Post # 
101 of the American Legion. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM 
with a vigil service at 7: 30 PM. Memorial contributions may be given to St. 
Charles Scholarship Fund or Flat River Community Library. 



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