William Leslie Beechley was born September 29, 1910, and died during the night, May 21, 1991, while a resident of Cedardale Health Care Facility, after a long illness. Services were held Saturday, May 25, 1991, at the First Christian Church with Rev. Keith Stephenson officiating. Interment followed in Glendale Cemetery, Vernon.
He was born to Albert and Rose Beechley at Phillipsburg, Kansas. When Les was a young man of three or so, the family moved north of Eckley where he attended school in Yuma County until the sixth grade.
On May 16, 1931, he married Mildred Margarite Riley at the Presbyterian Church in Eckley. To this union five children were born.
Les and Mildred spent 51 years together in Yuma County, from south of Eckley to Kirk, until he retired from farming, around October 1963, when they bought their home in Wray. Les still worked at odd jobs until his health failed him in 1982. He still had his garden and yard to fill his time, in which he loved to work.
Les was a hard worker, "honest as the day was long" and treated his fellowman with great respect, no matter what color his skin was or what nationality they were, everyone was an equal. He was loved by everyone, and was a man of few words, so when he had anything to say, he got right to the point.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Albert and Rose; brother Lee; sisters, Anna Lamb, Iva Cline, Leola Hill; as well as his wife, Mildred, who died in 1982; his son Jerry Ray and two granddaughters, Norma Jean Crawford and Brenda Diane Beechley.
Les is survived by one brother, Lawrence of Wray; two sisters, Callie Portelli, Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Ruth Engel of Idalia; three sons, James and wife Janet, Pueblo, Eldon and wife Loretta, Burlington; Daniel and wife Eligra, Winters, Texas; and one daughter Maxine and husband Philip Crawford, St. Francis, Kansas; 13 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wray Community District Hospital. Arrangements were by Spellman-Schmidt-Bauke Mortuary of Wray.
He was born to Albert and Rose Beechley at Phillipsburg, Kansas. When Les was a young man of three or so, the family moved north of Eckley where he attended school in Yuma County until the sixth grade.
On May 16, 1931, he married Mildred Margarite Riley at the Presbyterian Church in Eckley. To this union five children were born.
Les and Mildred spent 51 years together in Yuma County, from south of Eckley to Kirk, until he retired from farming, around October 1963, when they bought their home in Wray. Les still worked at odd jobs until his health failed him in 1982. He still had his garden and yard to fill his time, in which he loved to work.
Les was a hard worker, "honest as the day was long" and treated his fellowman with great respect, no matter what color his skin was or what nationality they were, everyone was an equal. He was loved by everyone, and was a man of few words, so when he had anything to say, he got right to the point.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Albert and Rose; brother Lee; sisters, Anna Lamb, Iva Cline, Leola Hill; as well as his wife, Mildred, who died in 1982; his son Jerry Ray and two granddaughters, Norma Jean Crawford and Brenda Diane Beechley.
Les is survived by one brother, Lawrence of Wray; two sisters, Callie Portelli, Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Ruth Engel of Idalia; three sons, James and wife Janet, Pueblo, Eldon and wife Loretta, Burlington; Daniel and wife Eligra, Winters, Texas; and one daughter Maxine and husband Philip Crawford, St. Francis, Kansas; 13 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wray Community District Hospital. Arrangements were by Spellman-Schmidt-Bauke Mortuary of Wray.
William Leslie Beechley was born September 29, 1910, and died during the night, May 21, 1991, while a resident of Cedardale Health Care Facility, after a long illness. Services were held Saturday, May 25, 1991, at the First Christian Church with Rev. Keith Stephenson officiating. Interment followed in Glendale Cemetery, Vernon.
He was born to Albert and Rose Beechley at Phillipsburg, Kansas. When Les was a young man of three or so, the family moved north of Eckley where he attended school in Yuma County until the sixth grade.
On May 16, 1931, he married Mildred Margarite Riley at the Presbyterian Church in Eckley. To this union five children were born.
Les and Mildred spent 51 years together in Yuma County, from south of Eckley to Kirk, until he retired from farming, around October 1963, when they bought their home in Wray. Les still worked at odd jobs until his health failed him in 1982. He still had his garden and yard to fill his time, in which he loved to work.
Les was a hard worker, "honest as the day was long" and treated his fellowman with great respect, no matter what color his skin was or what nationality they were, everyone was an equal. He was loved by everyone, and was a man of few words, so when he had anything to say, he got right to the point.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Albert and Rose; brother Lee; sisters, Anna Lamb, Iva Cline, Leola Hill; as well as his wife, Mildred, who died in 1982; his son Jerry Ray and two granddaughters, Norma Jean Crawford and Brenda Diane Beechley.
Les is survived by one brother, Lawrence of Wray; two sisters, Callie Portelli, Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Ruth Engel of Idalia; three sons, James and wife Janet, Pueblo, Eldon and wife Loretta, Burlington; Daniel and wife Eligra, Winters, Texas; and one daughter Maxine and husband Philip Crawford, St. Francis, Kansas; 13 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wray Community District Hospital. Arrangements were by Spellman-Schmidt-Bauke Mortuary of Wray.
He was born to Albert and Rose Beechley at Phillipsburg, Kansas. When Les was a young man of three or so, the family moved north of Eckley where he attended school in Yuma County until the sixth grade.
On May 16, 1931, he married Mildred Margarite Riley at the Presbyterian Church in Eckley. To this union five children were born.
Les and Mildred spent 51 years together in Yuma County, from south of Eckley to Kirk, until he retired from farming, around October 1963, when they bought their home in Wray. Les still worked at odd jobs until his health failed him in 1982. He still had his garden and yard to fill his time, in which he loved to work.
Les was a hard worker, "honest as the day was long" and treated his fellowman with great respect, no matter what color his skin was or what nationality they were, everyone was an equal. He was loved by everyone, and was a man of few words, so when he had anything to say, he got right to the point.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Albert and Rose; brother Lee; sisters, Anna Lamb, Iva Cline, Leola Hill; as well as his wife, Mildred, who died in 1982; his son Jerry Ray and two granddaughters, Norma Jean Crawford and Brenda Diane Beechley.
Les is survived by one brother, Lawrence of Wray; two sisters, Callie Portelli, Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Ruth Engel of Idalia; three sons, James and wife Janet, Pueblo, Eldon and wife Loretta, Burlington; Daniel and wife Eligra, Winters, Texas; and one daughter Maxine and husband Philip Crawford, St. Francis, Kansas; 13 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wray Community District Hospital. Arrangements were by Spellman-Schmidt-Bauke Mortuary of Wray.
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