The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota, Tuesday, December 11, 1928
WILLIAM Beck, ELGIN, IS DEAD
Spanish-American War Veteran, Slope Farmer 22 Years, Dies in Bismarck
William J. Beck, 52, veteran of the Spanish-American War and a farmer near ELGIN for 22 years, died yesterday. Death was due to intestinal obstruction.
Beck became seriously ill eight days ago and was brought to the local hospital Thursday evening. He suffered from diabetes, which developed following two operations last spring.
Beck was born Christmas Day, 1875, in Wittenberg Province, Germany, coming with his family to Centerville, S. Dak., when he was four years old. When he was 16 years old his family moved from Centerville to Armour, S. Dak.
He moved to his farm six miles northwest of ELGIN, N. Dak, in 1906 and married Lydia Ensminger at Old Leipzig, N. Dak., in 1907.
Beck spent 19 months as an American soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.
Funeral services will be conducted at the German Lutheran church at ELGIN at 2 p. m. Thursday and burial will be made in the ELGIN cemetery. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Beck home at 1 p. m. Thursday. Rev. George Lundgrave, pastor of the ELGIN church, will conduct the services.
He leaves his wife and five children, Anna, Victor, Inez, Karl, and Vera. A sister of deceased, Mrs. Louise Youngstrom, resides at Armour, S. Dak.
WILLIAM Beck, ELGIN, IS DEAD
Spanish-American War Veteran, Slope Farmer 22 Years, Dies in Bismarck
William J. Beck, 52, veteran of the Spanish-American War and a farmer near ELGIN for 22 years, died yesterday. Death was due to intestinal obstruction.
Beck became seriously ill eight days ago and was brought to the local hospital Thursday evening. He suffered from diabetes, which developed following two operations last spring.
Beck was born Christmas Day, 1875, in Wittenberg Province, Germany, coming with his family to Centerville, S. Dak., when he was four years old. When he was 16 years old his family moved from Centerville to Armour, S. Dak.
He moved to his farm six miles northwest of ELGIN, N. Dak, in 1906 and married Lydia Ensminger at Old Leipzig, N. Dak., in 1907.
Beck spent 19 months as an American soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.
Funeral services will be conducted at the German Lutheran church at ELGIN at 2 p. m. Thursday and burial will be made in the ELGIN cemetery. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Beck home at 1 p. m. Thursday. Rev. George Lundgrave, pastor of the ELGIN church, will conduct the services.
He leaves his wife and five children, Anna, Victor, Inez, Karl, and Vera. A sister of deceased, Mrs. Louise Youngstrom, resides at Armour, S. Dak.
The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota, Tuesday, December 11, 1928
WILLIAM Beck, ELGIN, IS DEAD
Spanish-American War Veteran, Slope Farmer 22 Years, Dies in Bismarck
William J. Beck, 52, veteran of the Spanish-American War and a farmer near ELGIN for 22 years, died yesterday. Death was due to intestinal obstruction.
Beck became seriously ill eight days ago and was brought to the local hospital Thursday evening. He suffered from diabetes, which developed following two operations last spring.
Beck was born Christmas Day, 1875, in Wittenberg Province, Germany, coming with his family to Centerville, S. Dak., when he was four years old. When he was 16 years old his family moved from Centerville to Armour, S. Dak.
He moved to his farm six miles northwest of ELGIN, N. Dak, in 1906 and married Lydia Ensminger at Old Leipzig, N. Dak., in 1907.
Beck spent 19 months as an American soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.
Funeral services will be conducted at the German Lutheran church at ELGIN at 2 p. m. Thursday and burial will be made in the ELGIN cemetery. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Beck home at 1 p. m. Thursday. Rev. George Lundgrave, pastor of the ELGIN church, will conduct the services.
He leaves his wife and five children, Anna, Victor, Inez, Karl, and Vera. A sister of deceased, Mrs. Louise Youngstrom, resides at Armour, S. Dak.
WILLIAM Beck, ELGIN, IS DEAD
Spanish-American War Veteran, Slope Farmer 22 Years, Dies in Bismarck
William J. Beck, 52, veteran of the Spanish-American War and a farmer near ELGIN for 22 years, died yesterday. Death was due to intestinal obstruction.
Beck became seriously ill eight days ago and was brought to the local hospital Thursday evening. He suffered from diabetes, which developed following two operations last spring.
Beck was born Christmas Day, 1875, in Wittenberg Province, Germany, coming with his family to Centerville, S. Dak., when he was four years old. When he was 16 years old his family moved from Centerville to Armour, S. Dak.
He moved to his farm six miles northwest of ELGIN, N. Dak, in 1906 and married Lydia Ensminger at Old Leipzig, N. Dak., in 1907.
Beck spent 19 months as an American soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.
Funeral services will be conducted at the German Lutheran church at ELGIN at 2 p. m. Thursday and burial will be made in the ELGIN cemetery. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Beck home at 1 p. m. Thursday. Rev. George Lundgrave, pastor of the ELGIN church, will conduct the services.
He leaves his wife and five children, Anna, Victor, Inez, Karl, and Vera. A sister of deceased, Mrs. Louise Youngstrom, resides at Armour, S. Dak.
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