Ed Beck, Operations Manager of Aggregates Production
overseeing gravel, stone, and sand plants for the Arundel Corporation throughout
Maryland and member of the back pew club at Grace Lutheran Church in
Westminster; has died.
Mr. Beck was a wonderful man who always had a smile and
something friendly to say when I would see in the very back pew at Sunday
services at Grace Lutheran Church. More often than not, when Caroline and I served
as ushers at church, we would chat with him and his wife, Mrs. Miriam Beck, a
former board member of Carroll County Bank and Trust Company; about a wide-range
of topics from banking, to economics, to current events and politics.
Obituary for Mr. Edward Raymond Beck February 12, 2015:
Edward Raymond "Ed" Beck of Berrett died Thursday,
February 12, 2015 at home.
Born April 16, 1929, in Berrett, Carroll County, he was the
son of Charles Raymond and Margaret Dorsey Beck. He was the husband of Miriam
Freter Beck, his wife of 57 years.
Born into farm life, he began milking cows at age six and
driving a tractor at age eight. He worked on the farm through his school years
graduating from Sykesville High School in 1946.
Tired of farm life he enlisted in the Army in 1954.
Following training in Manual Morse Code Interception he served in the Army
Security Agency in Berlin, Germany intercepting coded messages sent from
Communist countries.
Following his discharge in 1957, he was employed by the
Arundel Corporation in Baltimore. At retirement in 1990, he was Operations
Manager of Aggregates Production overseeing gravel, stone, and sand plants
throughout Maryland.
Throughout his life he was an avid hunter, trap shooter, and
lover of nature. Fishing and boating at the family retreat in Ozark County,
Missouri were prized vacation activities since 1972.
Family always gave him pleasure, especially the musical
events in which his daughters and grandchildren performed. In retirement,
golfing and vegetable gardening were enjoyable pastimes as well as responding
to family needs with his ability to repair, improve and even invent.
From birth he attended Messiah Lutheran Church next door to
his family home and one which his grandparents and great grandparents helped
found. He was confirmed there in 1943. He served on the Church Council, the
Property Committee, as Treasurer, and in his youth dug graves to earn extra
spending money. For the last twenty five years he had been a member of Grace
Lutheran Church in Westminster.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Jenel and Mirrel,
their husbands Wayne Witzke and Jeffrey Wothers, and two grandchildren Timothy
and Zellie Wothers.
Surviving nieces and nephews are Wayne Weller and wife
Darleen, Donald Beck, Jr. and wife Darlene, Robert Beck and wife Linda, Eva
Hendrix and husband Brin, Charlotte Jay, Ursula Standifer, Lorna Dorn and
husband Edward and Joan Cole and husband Charles.
He was predeceased by a sister, Madalyn Weller and husband
Donald and a brother, Donald Beck and wife Edith.
Friends may gather at the Haight Funeral Home & Chapel,
6416 Sykesville Road, Sykesville on Sunday, February 15, from 1 to 4pm.
A celebration of Resurrection will be held at Grace Lutheran
Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster, MD 21157 on Monday, February 16, at
10:30 am with his pastors, The Reverends Kevin and Martha Clementson
officiating. The family will greet friends at a reception following the service
at the church.
In keeping with his wishes there will be no viewing. At a
later date his ashes will be distributed on the property he had lived on most
of his life. This statement reflects his feelings: "I came from the earth,
and I want to return to the earth."
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster, MD 21157, Carroll
Hospital Center Foundation, 200 Memorial Avenue, Westminster, MD 21157 or to a
charity of your choice.
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