- Mildred D. Beck, 85 of Olney, died at 9:25 a.m. Monday, June 1, 1998, at her residence.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hope Chapel at Crest Haven Memorial Park, east of Olney, with Rev. Harold R. Jackman officiating. There will be a private family visitation. Zirkle Funeral Home in Olney is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials can be made to Hospice of Southeastern Illinois.
Beck was born Dec 13, 1912, in Clay County, the daughter of Frank and Dollie Mae (Smith) Raley. She married Theodore Warren She later married Clyde W. Beck. He preceded her in death Dec. 12, 1973.
She was a homemaker and had worked at Keen's Laundromat in Olney for many years. She attended Pilgrim Holiness Church in Ste. Marie.
She is survived by one son, Russell Warren, of Mattoon; three daughters, Maxine Keen, of Olney, Bonetta Hodgdon of Lincoln, and Kay Totten, of Columbus, Ind.; two brothers, David Raley, of Olney, and Frank Raley, of Noblesville, Ind., two sisters, Ermine Scurlock, of Newton, and Burnace Harrison, of Olney; a friend, Jack Leaf, of Olney; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, three brothers, Alex, Bob and Barry Raley, and five sisters, Daphne Hemrich, Modena Hogan, Inez Nedick, Charlene Grubb and an infant.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) June 2, 1998
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