Beck, Henrietta Amelia McFarlane (1890-1961)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Nov 2 p. 6

Birth date: 1890 Dec 12

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— Funeral services were conducted Monday forenoon at the Hesston Mennonite Church for Mrs. Thad Beck, 70, who died Oct. 27 at the Bethel Hospital here. Rev. Peter B. Wiebe, the pastor, officiated. Mrs. Beck was born near Newton and lived in this vicinity most of her life. Since 1948 she and her husband had lived in Hesston. He survives with their three daughters, one son and 16 grandchildren.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Nov 16 p. 8

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HENRIETTA AMELIA BECK

Henriette Amelia Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McFarlane, was born Dec. 12, 1890 in rural Newton, Kan. She spent her entire life in this community except for one and one-half years near Peabody, Kan. when she and her companion were first married. She died of a series of strokes at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital at the age of 70 years, 10 months, and 15 days.

She became a member of the Mennonite Church in her youth and continued in the same until her death. When health did not permit her to attend, she shared in the services by a loudspeaker in her home.

On Sept. 26, 1912 she was married to Thad S. Beck, who survives. The following children survives: Anabel and Clarence Somerfeld, Hesston, Kan.; Neva and Waldo Miller, Belleville, Pa.; Howard and Anna Ruth Beck, Halstead, Kan.; Hazel and Curtis Yoder, Moundridge, Kan.; also 16 grandchildren. One grandchild, Lucinda Jo Beck, preceded her in death. Mrs. Beck came from a family of nine children, all of whom preceded her, except one sister, Mrs. Mamie Dillman, and one brother, Albert McFarlane of Halstead, Kan.

Her family will long remember her as a loving mother. Her friends knew her by her quiet devotion to God and her concern for her family. The last days she was in a peaceful sleep and could be understood by no one but God.