Emma Beckman, age 83, of Miles City passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Friendship Villa where she has resided for 12 years.
Emma was born to Charles and Edna Mastin on April 23, 1929 in Akron, Colorado. She moved with her family to Montana in 1937. During the war she worked at Boeing as a riveter and then married Bernard Beckman in Tacoma, Washington in November of 1943. Emma moved to Kinsey to remain with her parents until Bernard came back from overseas. To this union, two children were born; Yvonne and Kenneth. In 1951, they bought the Kinsey Store and built a new store in 1957. She was postmaster, had the Kinsey Library and they had the grade school bus service until her retirement in 1984. After retirement, they moved into Miles City.
Bernard passed away in 1988.
Emma loved her church, her friends and family, working in her yard and appreciated and loved her Friendship Villa family.
Emma's survivors include a daughter Yvonne (Ron) Butler of Miles City, MT; a son Kenneth (Vicki) of Lufkin, TX; eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard, her parents, one great grandson, three brothers and one sister.
Family will receive friends on Monday, March 4, 2013 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Emma was born to Charles and Edna Mastin on April 23, 1929 in Akron, Colorado. She moved with her family to Montana in 1937. During the war she worked at Boeing as a riveter and then married Bernard Beckman in Tacoma, Washington in November of 1943. Emma moved to Kinsey to remain with her parents until Bernard came back from overseas. To this union, two children were born; Yvonne and Kenneth. In 1951, they bought the Kinsey Store and built a new store in 1957. She was postmaster, had the Kinsey Library and they had the grade school bus service until her retirement in 1984. After retirement, they moved into Miles City.
Bernard passed away in 1988.
Emma loved her church, her friends and family, working in her yard and appreciated and loved her Friendship Villa family.
Emma's survivors include a daughter Yvonne (Ron) Butler of Miles City, MT; a son Kenneth (Vicki) of Lufkin, TX; eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard, her parents, one great grandson, three brothers and one sister.
Family will receive friends on Monday, March 4, 2013 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Emma Beckman, age 83, of Miles City passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Friendship Villa where she has resided for 12 years.
Emma was born to Charles and Edna Mastin on April 23, 1929 in Akron, Colorado. She moved with her family to Montana in 1937. During the war she worked at Boeing as a riveter and then married Bernard Beckman in Tacoma, Washington in November of 1943. Emma moved to Kinsey to remain with her parents until Bernard came back from overseas. To this union, two children were born; Yvonne and Kenneth. In 1951, they bought the Kinsey Store and built a new store in 1957. She was postmaster, had the Kinsey Library and they had the grade school bus service until her retirement in 1984. After retirement, they moved into Miles City.
Bernard passed away in 1988.
Emma loved her church, her friends and family, working in her yard and appreciated and loved her Friendship Villa family.
Emma's survivors include a daughter Yvonne (Ron) Butler of Miles City, MT; a son Kenneth (Vicki) of Lufkin, TX; eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard, her parents, one great grandson, three brothers and one sister.
Family will receive friends on Monday, March 4, 2013 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Emma was born to Charles and Edna Mastin on April 23, 1929 in Akron, Colorado. She moved with her family to Montana in 1937. During the war she worked at Boeing as a riveter and then married Bernard Beckman in Tacoma, Washington in November of 1943. Emma moved to Kinsey to remain with her parents until Bernard came back from overseas. To this union, two children were born; Yvonne and Kenneth. In 1951, they bought the Kinsey Store and built a new store in 1957. She was postmaster, had the Kinsey Library and they had the grade school bus service until her retirement in 1984. After retirement, they moved into Miles City.
Bernard passed away in 1988.
Emma loved her church, her friends and family, working in her yard and appreciated and loved her Friendship Villa family.
Emma's survivors include a daughter Yvonne (Ron) Butler of Miles City, MT; a son Kenneth (Vicki) of Lufkin, TX; eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard, her parents, one great grandson, three brothers and one sister.
Family will receive friends on Monday, March 4, 2013 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
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