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Submitted: 5/16/21 • Approved: 5/17/21 • Last Updated: 5/20/21 • R419268-G0-S3
Texas
SPECIALIST FIFTH CLASS US Army
Vietnam
October 17, 1935 - December 3, 1972
*Obituary
Donald Lee Beck, a resident of Oklahoma City, died Sunday in University Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Dale Cain, minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. O. Edwin Howard, pastor of a Midland Baptist Church.
Military graveside services were conducted in Ralls Cemetery under the direction of Carter Funeral Home.
Born in Ralls, Beck, 37, had moved to Oklahoma City in 1969 from Ralls. He was a retired Vietnam veteran, having served with the U.S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley; a daughter, Jennifer Lee Beck of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. Beck of 2509 53rd St., Lubbock; his grandmother, Mrs.Ollie Boyet of Ralls; and a sister, Mrs. J.D. Taylor of Kermit.
Ralls Banner, December 13, 1972
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