Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beech, Gaylord Spencer September 22, 2012 ************************************************ 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 Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com February 20, 2015, 2:02 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Tues. Sept. 25, 2012 Gaylord Spencer Beech, 74, of Belding formerly of Saranac passed away Saturday September 22, 2012 at Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus East Grand Rapids. He was born Dec. 15, 1937 the son of Emery and Helen Strickfaden Beech in Grand Ledge. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and member of the VFW Post of Belding and the American Legion Post #203 Belding. He was a UPS driver in the Greenville area for over 22 years when he retired and was a member of the teamsters Union. He married Shirley An Oswald on march 8, 1965 in Lansing. She preceded him in death on march 30, 2007. He was also preceded in death by his brothers and sisters, Joseph and Roger Beech and Delores Ward and Sue Vesper. He is survived by his children, Gaylord Loring Beech and Katherine Ann Jensen both of Greenville, grandson Joseph Dennison, his brothers; Emery Fred (Deborah) Beech of Belding, Tom (Marian) Beech of Florida and Randy Beech of Belding, brother-in-law Wallace (Sue) Oswald of Sheridan and his children's mother Shirley Ann Gwozdz of Greenville. He also is survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 at 1p.m. from Hurst Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Harger officiating. Military honors will be provided by the VFW of Belding. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be given to the VFW of Belding, 114 N. Bridge St. Belding, MI 48809. Messages of condolence may be sent via hurstfuneralhome.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/beech29931nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb