Obituary for
James Beck
James Paul Beck, age 86, died Sunday July 17th at St Michaels Hospital in Stevens Point.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Jim will be held at 11:00 PM on Thursday July 28, 2016 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Rev Thomas Lindner will officiate. Friends and family will gather to share memories from 10:00 AM to the time of services at the church. Burial will be at the Guardian Angel Cemetery.
Jim was born Oct 16th, 1929 in Dorchester, WI to Albert and Caroline (Hutter) Beck. He attended Dorchester area elementary schools and graduated from Dorchester High School in 1947.
In 1948 he married Bernice Wilke and moved to Stevens Point where he attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and graduated from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana from the Fraternal Agency Management Program. Jim worked for Catholic Family Life Insurance for 42 years.
Jim is survived by his wife of 67 years, Bernice, his children, Sandra Gaetz of Stevens Point, WI, Sharon (Rhody) Jakusz of Rhinelander, WI, and Donna Trzinski of Savage, MT; his sister Betty Marolt of Aspen, CO, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters Caroline Hazen and Buelah Poskie, and three brothers Albert, Anthony (Tony), and Myron (Mike) Beck.
Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.shudafuneral.com
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