Fred Delos Beck, son of Preston and Emily Beck, was born April 22, 1874 at Marietia, Ohio. He departed this life September 20, 1945, at his home in Farnam at the age of seventy-one years and five months.

At the age of four years, his family moved to Minnesota. His mother passed away when he was nine years of age and his father raised the family of five children.

In 1900, they moved to Cedar County, Nebraska where he met and married Alice Murkle in 1903. To this union seven children were born; Emily Bristow of Clever, Missouri; Alice Cleo who died in infancy; Frances Meick and Lyle P. of Alamosa, Colorado; Gladys Beery of Curtis; Welton Leslie of San Diego, California, who is in the U.S. Navy and Fred Delos, Jr., of the home.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, six children, ten grandchildren, a brother Ulysses and other relatives and friends.

He had been in failing health the past ten years but never gave up. He was of sterling character and always thoughtful of others, ready to help when ever he could, and will be missed by his family and friends.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wausa for the past thirty-four years. His great desire was to live until Jesus came.

Funeral services were held from the Hugo Funeral Home in Gothenburg to the Baptist Church in Farnam, with Rev. E. A. Rodewald officiating, Monday afternoon with burial in the Farnam Cemetery.

The Farnam Press. Farnam, Dawson County, Nebraska. Thursday, September 27, 1945.