Lester "Ken"

Kenneth Beck

LESTER KENNETH (KEN) BECK

Lester Kenneth (Ken) Beck, son of Lester T Beck and Lavera Jean

(Stripling) Beck, was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 28, 1950.

Paternal grandparents were Luther and Pearl Beck, and paternal great-

grandparents were Thomas and Rose Beck. Maternal grandparents were

Claude and Emma Stripling. He passed away on March 7, 2022 at age 71

at his home in Longwood, Florida under hospice care after a long battle

with dementia and a short battle with an infection.

Ken ran the hills of Reynolds County as a child and returned to the area

in 2001. He was well-known in the county as a reporter for The Reynolds

County Courier, a sawmill yard supervisor for Mark Twain Forest

Products, a mail carrier for the US Postal Service, and a pastor at

Believers Chapel. He served on the Polk Memorial Cemetery Board,

Reynolds County Ambulance Board, Reynolds County 911 Board, and

Centerville School Board.

Ken is survived by his wife of 50 years, Deborah Beck; daughters Kenna

Beck and Kristen McDanel; granddaughters Tori Nicole (Steve)

Ventimiglia and April McDanel; and two infant great-grandsons, all

residing in Florida. He is also survived by four sisters: Donna (Mike)

Boden; Diane (Ken) Anderson; and Karen (Steve) Butts all residing in

Ozark, Missouri; and Kristi (Arlen) Thompson residing in Louisburg,

Kansas. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Both of his

parents are deceased.

There are no services planned at this time. Ken was cremated, and

family will return to Reynolds County for burial at Polk Memorial

Cemetery in early summer, where he will be laid to rest beside his father

and paternal grandparents.

Anyone wishing to honor his life may donate to Gideons International

for purchase of Bibles, or to Reynolds County Food Pantry.