Arlyn Duane Beck

Arlyn Duane Beck, 89 of Baker City, formerly of La Grande, died Dec. 28, 2005 at St. Elizabeth Health Services.

The rosary was said at 7 p.m. Jan. 1 at Coles Funeral Home, a memorial mass was at 11 a.m. Jan. 2 at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral Church.

Mr. Beck was born Aug. 14, 1916 at Molalla, the second of four sons born to Walter A. and Agnes M. Robbins Beck. He received his early schooling in the Meadowbrook area near Molalla. When he was 12 the family moved to La Grande where he finished high school and attended Eastern Oregon Normal School (now Eastern Oregon University).

In 1936 Mr. Beck joined the Civilian Conservation Corps where he was introduced to his first work with the U.S. Forest Service.

His career with the Forest Service spanned 34 years, always in the shadow of his beloved Eagle Mountains.

On Nov. 27, 1939 he married Jeanette Delepierre. They had a son and two daughters.

He was a member of the Catholic Church, the Elks Lodge, the Forest Service 30-year Club and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.

Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; his children and their spouses, Walter "Wally" and Kay Beck, Arlyne and Jack Sater and Barbara "Bobbi" and John Higgins; grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Dying earlier were one grandson, James Edwin Beck, and three brothers, Maurice, Howard and Ralph.

Memorials may be made to the charity of choice through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place Street, Baker City, OR 97814.