John donated his body to science; his ashes were interred in Crown Point Cemetery in Kokomo, Indiana; and his military marker was placed here at IOOF, Ellensburg, Washington, by his widow so that his family would have a convenient place to put flowers. This cemetery is resting place of John's widow's family - five generations worth.
Actual burial here
JOHN was the son of John C. and Mary Kathryn (Gunning) Beaver. He spent his entire childhood in Kokomo, Indiana. He went into the Marine Corps in 1968. He said he was tired of his job, decided to enlist and took the bus to Indianapolis. The Air Force and Army offices were closed, the Navy recruiter was out for a long lunch and the Marine recruiter offered him coffee! He attended electronics school in Millington, Tennessee and was stationed at the Lighter Than Air Station in Santa Ana, California. Since he had been Honor Grad, he got his choice of duty stations. He chose Santa Ana because it was close to Disneyland! He married Margie Allred in 1971 in Santa Ana, California. She was in the Navy at the time. The couple got out of the service within a month of each other in October/November 1972. John and Margie went back to Kokomo as his job with General Motors was waiting for him. The couple settled in Kokomo and started a family. Tara was 14 months old and Margie was six months pregnant with son Ryan when John was killed in an electrical accident. At the time, John was a Technical Sergeant (E6) in the Air Force Reserve while Margie was then a Staff Sergeant (E5). He always was one rank ahead and liked to call her "Boot" when in uniform. A funny incident when she was in the Navy and he the Marines: Margie was watching TV and John dropped one of her military shoes, brightly shined by him, on her. He wouldn't polish the second one. He thought sailors were 'slackers'.
John was planning on quitting his lineman job at Delco Electronics, part of GM, and attending Purdue University when he died. He wanted a degree in astro physics and then planned on moving his family to Colorado. That all changed when he answered a call to help his brother install a citizens band tower at his father's home. While on the garage roof, he and his brother tripped over a vent and carried the top half of the antenna over onto the main power lines. Although he and his brother were both electrocuted, John's involuntary convulsions knocked his brother off the line. His brother Don valiantly tried to save John but it was not to be. John was only 25 years old.
John had willed his body to science so his remains were sent to the University of Indiana for anatomical research. Three years later, in June 1976, his cremains were returned for burial at Crown Point Cemetery in the Beaver family plot. He lies next to his sisters, Alice JoAn and Janet.
Actual burial here
JOHN was the son of John C. and Mary Kathryn (Gunning) Beaver. He spent his entire childhood in Kokomo, Indiana. He went into the Marine Corps in 1968. He said he was tired of his job, decided to enlist and took the bus to Indianapolis. The Air Force and Army offices were closed, the Navy recruiter was out for a long lunch and the Marine recruiter offered him coffee! He attended electronics school in Millington, Tennessee and was stationed at the Lighter Than Air Station in Santa Ana, California. Since he had been Honor Grad, he got his choice of duty stations. He chose Santa Ana because it was close to Disneyland! He married Margie Allred in 1971 in Santa Ana, California. She was in the Navy at the time. The couple got out of the service within a month of each other in October/November 1972. John and Margie went back to Kokomo as his job with General Motors was waiting for him. The couple settled in Kokomo and started a family. Tara was 14 months old and Margie was six months pregnant with son Ryan when John was killed in an electrical accident. At the time, John was a Technical Sergeant (E6) in the Air Force Reserve while Margie was then a Staff Sergeant (E5). He always was one rank ahead and liked to call her "Boot" when in uniform. A funny incident when she was in the Navy and he the Marines: Margie was watching TV and John dropped one of her military shoes, brightly shined by him, on her. He wouldn't polish the second one. He thought sailors were 'slackers'.
John was planning on quitting his lineman job at Delco Electronics, part of GM, and attending Purdue University when he died. He wanted a degree in astro physics and then planned on moving his family to Colorado. That all changed when he answered a call to help his brother install a citizens band tower at his father's home. While on the garage roof, he and his brother tripped over a vent and carried the top half of the antenna over onto the main power lines. Although he and his brother were both electrocuted, John's involuntary convulsions knocked his brother off the line. His brother Don valiantly tried to save John but it was not to be. John was only 25 years old.
John had willed his body to science so his remains were sent to the University of Indiana for anatomical research. Three years later, in June 1976, his cremains were returned for burial at Crown Point Cemetery in the Beaver family plot. He lies next to his sisters, Alice JoAn and Janet.
John donated his body to science; his ashes were interred in Crown Point Cemetery in Kokomo, Indiana; and his military marker was placed here at IOOF, Ellensburg, Washington, by his widow so that his family would have a convenient place to put flowers. This cemetery is resting place of John's widow's family - five generations worth.
Actual burial here
JOHN was the son of John C. and Mary Kathryn (Gunning) Beaver. He spent his entire childhood in Kokomo, Indiana. He went into the Marine Corps in 1968. He said he was tired of his job, decided to enlist and took the bus to Indianapolis. The Air Force and Army offices were closed, the Navy recruiter was out for a long lunch and the Marine recruiter offered him coffee! He attended electronics school in Millington, Tennessee and was stationed at the Lighter Than Air Station in Santa Ana, California. Since he had been Honor Grad, he got his choice of duty stations. He chose Santa Ana because it was close to Disneyland! He married Margie Allred in 1971 in Santa Ana, California. She was in the Navy at the time. The couple got out of the service within a month of each other in October/November 1972. John and Margie went back to Kokomo as his job with General Motors was waiting for him. The couple settled in Kokomo and started a family. Tara was 14 months old and Margie was six months pregnant with son Ryan when John was killed in an electrical accident. At the time, John was a Technical Sergeant (E6) in the Air Force Reserve while Margie was then a Staff Sergeant (E5). He always was one rank ahead and liked to call her "Boot" when in uniform. A funny incident when she was in the Navy and he the Marines: Margie was watching TV and John dropped one of her military shoes, brightly shined by him, on her. He wouldn't polish the second one. He thought sailors were 'slackers'.
John was planning on quitting his lineman job at Delco Electronics, part of GM, and attending Purdue University when he died. He wanted a degree in astro physics and then planned on moving his family to Colorado. That all changed when he answered a call to help his brother install a citizens band tower at his father's home. While on the garage roof, he and his brother tripped over a vent and carried the top half of the antenna over onto the main power lines. Although he and his brother were both electrocuted, John's involuntary convulsions knocked his brother off the line. His brother Don valiantly tried to save John but it was not to be. John was only 25 years old.
John had willed his body to science so his remains were sent to the University of Indiana for anatomical research. Three years later, in June 1976, his cremains were returned for burial at Crown Point Cemetery in the Beaver family plot. He lies next to his sisters, Alice JoAn and Janet.
Actual burial here
JOHN was the son of John C. and Mary Kathryn (Gunning) Beaver. He spent his entire childhood in Kokomo, Indiana. He went into the Marine Corps in 1968. He said he was tired of his job, decided to enlist and took the bus to Indianapolis. The Air Force and Army offices were closed, the Navy recruiter was out for a long lunch and the Marine recruiter offered him coffee! He attended electronics school in Millington, Tennessee and was stationed at the Lighter Than Air Station in Santa Ana, California. Since he had been Honor Grad, he got his choice of duty stations. He chose Santa Ana because it was close to Disneyland! He married Margie Allred in 1971 in Santa Ana, California. She was in the Navy at the time. The couple got out of the service within a month of each other in October/November 1972. John and Margie went back to Kokomo as his job with General Motors was waiting for him. The couple settled in Kokomo and started a family. Tara was 14 months old and Margie was six months pregnant with son Ryan when John was killed in an electrical accident. At the time, John was a Technical Sergeant (E6) in the Air Force Reserve while Margie was then a Staff Sergeant (E5). He always was one rank ahead and liked to call her "Boot" when in uniform. A funny incident when she was in the Navy and he the Marines: Margie was watching TV and John dropped one of her military shoes, brightly shined by him, on her. He wouldn't polish the second one. He thought sailors were 'slackers'.
John was planning on quitting his lineman job at Delco Electronics, part of GM, and attending Purdue University when he died. He wanted a degree in astro physics and then planned on moving his family to Colorado. That all changed when he answered a call to help his brother install a citizens band tower at his father's home. While on the garage roof, he and his brother tripped over a vent and carried the top half of the antenna over onto the main power lines. Although he and his brother were both electrocuted, John's involuntary convulsions knocked his brother off the line. His brother Don valiantly tried to save John but it was not to be. John was only 25 years old.
John had willed his body to science so his remains were sent to the University of Indiana for anatomical research. Three years later, in June 1976, his cremains were returned for burial at Crown Point Cemetery in the Beaver family plot. He lies next to his sisters, Alice JoAn and Janet.
Inscription
SGT USMC
VIETNAM
Gravesite Details
Sgt Beaver never served in Vietnam but his service was during that conflict.
