Watertown Times 7/1/2003
Madrid- Richard G Beckstead, 69, died Jun 29, 2003 at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT. Mr. Beckstead owned and operated a dairy farm for over 50 yrs.
Born Jul 6, 1933 in Madrid, son of Garnet W and Iva C White Beckstead; he married Onalie A Scott.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge 393, Waddington; a former Madrid fire commissioner and past director of SLC Farm Bureau board; Seaway Bulk Mild Cooperative and SLC Holstein Club. He enjoyed sugaring and gardening. Surviving besides his wife and his mother of United Helpers Nursing Home, Ogdensburg; a son Garnet Scott and Jessie, Madrid; three daughters, Ella and Jeffrey Sovie, Waddington and Sheila and Thomas Smith and April Ashley all of Madrid; a brother, Ronald J., Madrid; two sisters, Mrs James L Joan Webb and Mrs. Ulla Carol Sharlow, both of Ogdensburg; several grandchildren; a great granddaughter. His father died Oct 4, 2002. Funeral at Phillips Memorial Home, Madrid with Rev. Eunice M Tabor officiating. The body will cremated.
Madrid- Richard G Beckstead, 69, died Jun 29, 2003 at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT. Mr. Beckstead owned and operated a dairy farm for over 50 yrs.
Born Jul 6, 1933 in Madrid, son of Garnet W and Iva C White Beckstead; he married Onalie A Scott.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge 393, Waddington; a former Madrid fire commissioner and past director of SLC Farm Bureau board; Seaway Bulk Mild Cooperative and SLC Holstein Club. He enjoyed sugaring and gardening. Surviving besides his wife and his mother of United Helpers Nursing Home, Ogdensburg; a son Garnet Scott and Jessie, Madrid; three daughters, Ella and Jeffrey Sovie, Waddington and Sheila and Thomas Smith and April Ashley all of Madrid; a brother, Ronald J., Madrid; two sisters, Mrs James L Joan Webb and Mrs. Ulla Carol Sharlow, both of Ogdensburg; several grandchildren; a great granddaughter. His father died Oct 4, 2002. Funeral at Phillips Memorial Home, Madrid with Rev. Eunice M Tabor officiating. The body will cremated.
Watertown Times 7/1/2003
Madrid- Richard G Beckstead, 69, died Jun 29, 2003 at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT. Mr. Beckstead owned and operated a dairy farm for over 50 yrs.
Born Jul 6, 1933 in Madrid, son of Garnet W and Iva C White Beckstead; he married Onalie A Scott.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge 393, Waddington; a former Madrid fire commissioner and past director of SLC Farm Bureau board; Seaway Bulk Mild Cooperative and SLC Holstein Club. He enjoyed sugaring and gardening. Surviving besides his wife and his mother of United Helpers Nursing Home, Ogdensburg; a son Garnet Scott and Jessie, Madrid; three daughters, Ella and Jeffrey Sovie, Waddington and Sheila and Thomas Smith and April Ashley all of Madrid; a brother, Ronald J., Madrid; two sisters, Mrs James L Joan Webb and Mrs. Ulla Carol Sharlow, both of Ogdensburg; several grandchildren; a great granddaughter. His father died Oct 4, 2002. Funeral at Phillips Memorial Home, Madrid with Rev. Eunice M Tabor officiating. The body will cremated.
Madrid- Richard G Beckstead, 69, died Jun 29, 2003 at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT. Mr. Beckstead owned and operated a dairy farm for over 50 yrs.
Born Jul 6, 1933 in Madrid, son of Garnet W and Iva C White Beckstead; he married Onalie A Scott.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge 393, Waddington; a former Madrid fire commissioner and past director of SLC Farm Bureau board; Seaway Bulk Mild Cooperative and SLC Holstein Club. He enjoyed sugaring and gardening. Surviving besides his wife and his mother of United Helpers Nursing Home, Ogdensburg; a son Garnet Scott and Jessie, Madrid; three daughters, Ella and Jeffrey Sovie, Waddington and Sheila and Thomas Smith and April Ashley all of Madrid; a brother, Ronald J., Madrid; two sisters, Mrs James L Joan Webb and Mrs. Ulla Carol Sharlow, both of Ogdensburg; several grandchildren; a great granddaughter. His father died Oct 4, 2002. Funeral at Phillips Memorial Home, Madrid with Rev. Eunice M Tabor officiating. The body will cremated.
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