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Show Community Pays Last Tribute To Prominent Man Funeral services for John Beck, former Utah County road supervisor and prominent farmer of American Fork, were conducted Sunday afternoon after-noon in the Alpine stake tabernacle, by H. E. McNeill. Mr. Beck died Thursday night at his home here, after a year's . illness. ill-ness. He was 75. The services in the stake tabernacle taber-nacle were well attended by fellow townsmen, friends and relatives of Mr. Beck. Speakers were Lot Robinson, former bishop of the Fourth ward; J. W. Gillman, Utah county commissioner com-missioner during the time Mr. Beck served as a county road supervisor; and Samuel Strong of Alpine. The services were opened with a song by Hulbert Keddington of Salt Lake City, "In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions". He was accompanied by Mrs. Norma Peder-son Peder-son Beck. Tire opening prayer was offered by Feramore Beck. Leland Priday played a violin selection, se-lection, and Mary Evelyn Fernley. sang "It Was For Me". The closing number was a song by Alvin Keddington, Ked-dington, "Thy Will Be Done". The benediction was pronounced by Daniel Jorgensen. The grave in the American Fork cemetery was dedicated by- H. E. McNeill. Biographical Sketch By Mrs. Mary E. Abel John Beck, son of Stephen Y. and Kirstina Jacobsen Beck, was born at Lehi, on January 31, 1865. His parents welcomed the L. D. S. gospel message brought to their native na-tive land, Denmark, and were baptized. bap-tized. Later the father and mother and six sons emigrated to Utah, in 1862. They settled in Lehi where John Beck was born. When John was three years old the family moved mov-ed to Alpine, where two other children chil-dren were born. The father, who had followed the occupation of carpenter in his native na-tive land continued in this work and assisted in the building of many of the old residences in Alpine. John, when old enough, assisted his father in this work, also in farming. He hauled ore from American Fork canyon when 13 years of age. The family endured the hardships experienced ex-perienced by early pioneers. The father and mother and children worked hard to obtain the necessities of life. John attended the public schools' in Alpine. In 1885, he married Evelyn Bates Of Tooele. They were the parents of eight children. In the year 1900, he, with his wife and family moved to American Fork, where they since resided. In 1928 Mrs. Beck died. Later Mr. Beck married Elizabeth Rockwell, daughter of Porter Rockwell. She passed away in 1933. In 1936 he married Alice Forbes Crosby, daughter daugh-ter of Joseph B. and Nancy Dayton Forbes, beloved residents of the community. community. In 1937, through the influence of his wife, he went to the Salt Lake temple and was sealed seal-ed to his two wives and all of his daughters. She was also responsible for organizing the Beck family organization or-ganization and recently, through that means, ,45 family sheets were released to the family from Denmark. Den-mark. John Beck was an honest, hardworking hard-working man. He was retiring in disposition, but was happy to lend a helping hand to those in trouble. He was a Utah county road supervisor super-visor for ten years. One year ago his health failed him and for the past seven weeks had been confined to his bed. He died Thursday, November 5. Surviving are his wife, Alice Forbes Beck; eight sons and daughters, Mrs. Gus Fernley, Mrs. Ray Keddington, Ked-dington, and Harold Beck, of Salt Lake City; Mrs. John Murdock of Beaver; Mrs. Sam Kelly of Provo; Mrs. Stanford Wilde and LeGrand Beck, of American Fork; and John L. Beck of Riverside. California; one sister, Mrs. Laura Hooten of Bingham, Bing-ham, and one brother, Stephen Beck of Huntington, Oregon; 24 grandchildren grand-children and four great-grandchildren. o |