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 Earl Beecraft
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[March
10, 2008]
Earl L. Beecraft, 94, of Lincoln, died
Saturday, March 8, 2008, at 3:15 a.m. at Maple Ridge Care Centre.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Kenneth "George" Guernsey officiating.
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Burial, with military rites, will be in Camp Butler
National Cemetery, Springfield. Mr. Beecraft
retired from Lincoln Developmental Center and from
Pittsburg Plate Glass as a night watchman.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He was born Jan. 8, 1914, in Dawson to David
Vertion and Josie Mae Hancock Beecraft. He married
Ardella C. Bergschneider on Dec. 10, 1932, in
Springfield. She preceded him in death on Dec. 19,
1986.
He is survived by one daughter, Karen Petro of
Lincoln; two sons, Larry (and Judy) Beecraft of
Parachute, Colo., and David Beecraft of
Jacksonville; four grandchildren and one
stepgrandchild; 10 great-grandchildren and two
step-great-grandchildren; and two
step-great-great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one brother and
two sisters.
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 He was a member of the Mechanicsburg Christian
Church, American Legion Post 263 and Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1756.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung
Association, American Legion Post 263 or Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1756.
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