IDA BELLE BECK DEC 11, 1920 - JAN 23, 2011 Ida Belle Beck, Becky'' , age 90, of Escalon died Sunday morning, January 23rd, at her home. The youngest of nine siblings, Ida Belle Bellamy, was born in Natural, Arkansas. As a small child she moved with her family to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma where she grew up and married her husband of sixty one years, Owen Stan'' Beck. They left Oklahoma in 1939 with their infant son and settled in Farmington. Ida lived and worked in the Farmington area for thirty eight years where she and her husband raised two sons and were very active in their community and in the United Methodist Church where Ida sang in the choir and taught Sunday school in the early years. She spent the early fifties working as a telephone switchboard operator. Ida is a twenty year retiree from the HERSHEY plant in Oakdale. They moved to Escalon in the late seventies to manage the Movile Home Park @ Paddack Manor where they made their home. Ida was widowed in December, 1999. Ida B. Beck is survived by her two sons Kenneth Beck of Modesto and Daryl Beck of Stockton. She leaves behind seven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. She will be missed by her neighbors and a multitude of friends in the Oakdale, Escalon, Farmington, and Stockton areas. Her visitation will be on Thursday, January 27 from 3-5pm at Deegan Funeral Chapel in Escalon. Her Memorial service will be held on Friday, January 28 at 11 am at Escalon United Methodist Church with a luncheon to follow. Burial will be private for her family at Burwood Cemetery. There is an online guest book available for you to share your memories and condolences; please visit our website at: www.modbee.com/obituaries www.deeganfuneralchapels.com Published in the Modesto Bee on January 25, 2011

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