Advertisement

Keith R. Beard

Advertisement

Keith R. Beard Veteran

Birth
Viola, Mercer County, Illinois, USA
Death
20 Oct 1996 (aged 79)
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Viola, Mercer County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
MOLINE - Keith R. Beard, 79, of Moline, died Sunday, October 20, 1996, in Moline.

Services were Wednesday, October 23, 1996, at 10:30 a.m. at the Jinks Family Funeral Services in Viola. The Rev. Charles Reynolds of the First Christian Church, Keithsburg, officiated.

Burial was in the Viola Cemetery.

Visitation was at the Jinks Family Funeral Services in Viola on Tuesday, October 22, 1996 from 6 to 8.

Memorials may be left to the Nature Conservancy.

He was born September 8, 1917 in Viola the son of Don and Bessie Glancey Beard.

He married Pearl Barton March 12, 1948. He died in 1983.

He served in the Army during WW II.

He enjoyed fishing, wildlife and his grandchildren.

Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jeffrey Moyer of Moline; daughter, JoAnn Beard of Ithaca, N.Y; son and daughter-in-law, Bradley and Kathy Beard of Moline; four grandchildren, Matt Moyer, Jill Sawyer, Stephanie and Joshua Beard; one great granddaughter, Alexis Sawyer; brother, Dwight Beard of Silvis; sisters, Elsie Munson of Viola and Marge Kisler of Galesburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.

Pallbearers were Dave Hogeboom, Brian Beard, Church Schuette, Jeremy Sawyer, Matthew Moyer and David Good.

(Times Record - Aledo, Illinois - October 30, 1996)
MOLINE - Keith R. Beard, 79, of Moline, died Sunday, October 20, 1996, in Moline.

Services were Wednesday, October 23, 1996, at 10:30 a.m. at the Jinks Family Funeral Services in Viola. The Rev. Charles Reynolds of the First Christian Church, Keithsburg, officiated.

Burial was in the Viola Cemetery.

Visitation was at the Jinks Family Funeral Services in Viola on Tuesday, October 22, 1996 from 6 to 8.

Memorials may be left to the Nature Conservancy.

He was born September 8, 1917 in Viola the son of Don and Bessie Glancey Beard.

He married Pearl Barton March 12, 1948. He died in 1983.

He served in the Army during WW II.

He enjoyed fishing, wildlife and his grandchildren.

Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jeffrey Moyer of Moline; daughter, JoAnn Beard of Ithaca, N.Y; son and daughter-in-law, Bradley and Kathy Beard of Moline; four grandchildren, Matt Moyer, Jill Sawyer, Stephanie and Joshua Beard; one great granddaughter, Alexis Sawyer; brother, Dwight Beard of Silvis; sisters, Elsie Munson of Viola and Marge Kisler of Galesburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.

Pallbearers were Dave Hogeboom, Brian Beard, Church Schuette, Jeremy Sawyer, Matthew Moyer and David Good.

(Times Record - Aledo, Illinois - October 30, 1996)


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Created by: E. M.
  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67013712/keith_r-beard: accessed ), memorial page for Keith R. Beard (8 Sep 1917–20 Oct 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67013712, citing Viola Cemetery, Viola, Mercer County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by E. M. (contributor 47118572).