Thearen Quentin Beck

Other Events:

• Hobby: antiques, gardening, woodworking, hunting and fishing
• Medical Condition: end stage renal disease and hypertension
• Member: was a member of the Dayton Area Board of Realtors and the American Trapshooters Association
• Occupation: Real Estate Broker
• Census: 1930, Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Thearen Q. Beck, son, in the household of Walter H. Beck; Address:
  Covington Pike
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Shelby County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1940, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Thearen Beck, son, in the household of Walter Beck, residence in 1935 Shelby County, Ohio
• Graduation: 5 May 1941, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio), 5 May 1941, p5; Address:
  West Milton High School
• Occupation: 1942; laborer
• Residence: 1942, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  RD #1
• Physical Description: 30 Jun 1942; white, 5'10", 165 lbs, brown eyes, brown hair, light complexion
• Draft Registration: 30 Jun 1942, Miami County, Ohio, United States; registered for the WWII Draft
• Occupation: 30 Jun 1942, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was employed; Address:
  Dayton Power and Light Company
• Residence: 30 Jun 1942, Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  R. R. No. 2
• Military: Between Apr 1943 and Feb 1946; served as a Corporal in US Army Air Force. He was a bombardier, togglier and gunnery instructor
• Military: 3 Apr 1943, Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, United States; enlisted in the military for U.S. World War II; Address:
  Fort Thomas
• Newspaper: 4 Apr 1943; Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 4 April 1943, p22
• Newspaper: 23 Jun 1943; The Dayton Herald (Dayton, Ohio), 23 June 1943, p13
• Physical Description: 13 Feb 1946; brown hair, brown eyes, 5' 9", 165 pounds
• Military: 13 Feb 1946, Edinburgh, Indiana, United States; received an Honorabe Discharge; Address:
  Camp Atterbury
• Occupation: 1947; metal worker
• Residence: 1947, Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States
• Occupation: 1951, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; die caster; Address:
  Yoder Die Casting
• Occupation: From 1951 to 1970, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; Foreman at Bendix Corporation
• Residence: 1951, West Manchester, Preble County, Ohio
• Newspaper: 14 Aug 1958; The Payne Reflector and Press Review (Payne, Ohio), 14 August 1958, p5
• Newspaper: 14 Jun 1964; Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Oklahoma), 14 June 1964
• Physical Description: 20 Nov 1967; weight 190, height 5' 9", brown hair, brown eyes
• Newspaper: 9 Jan 1970; The Piqua Daily Call (Piqua, Ohio), 9 January 1970, p14
• Property: 13 Jul 1971, Kessler, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; received a 1/6 interest in the property of Rosa Cress; Address:
  (parcel #32-67550 Section 14, Town 6, Range 5)
• Newspaper: 16 Jul 1971; The Piqua Daily Call (Piqua, Ohio), 16 July 1971, p7
• Will: 30 Jun 1978, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 21 Nov 1999, Englewood, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  825 Barkins Ave.

Notes:

Memories... by Patricia Beck Hormell
Dad was very friendly, and even though he was rather quiet he liked to talk to people. You could always find him chatting with someone in his soft spoken way. He worked for his father as a carpenter for awhile, served in the United States Army Air Force during WWII and later worked for Sheffield Tool and Die until they were bought out by Bendix Corporation. After twenty some years at Bendix they had a big layoff and Dad eventually became a Real Estate Agent... did I say he liked to talk? He was a natural at sales.
He was interested in antiques, collected and sold a few over the years; always enjoyed flowers... especially peonies and roses... and then there was hunting and fishing and watching football on TV. Dad also liked woodworking and enjoyed making shelves, quilt racks and other small items out of oak.
When I was about five dad taught me how to care for and use a gun, including the safety rules. He took me hunting where he taught me to skin a rabbit or clean a pheasant, etc. We went fishing and he taught me how gather worms or catch crawdads for bait; bait my hook and clean my catch, even skin a catfish. If you caught it, or shot it, you had to clean it. I enjoyed being in the country, traipsing through the woods or across the cornfields with dad and grandpa. It was good fun.
Dad was very interested in genealogy after I took it up as a hobby and shared what he knew about the family. We roamed through a couple of cemeteries together, visited the courthouse and library and tried to piece this puzzle together. He would be amazed at what I have found through all the exploring of archives, libraries and the internet.

Birth:

Note: Thearen's middle name was misspelled on his birth certificate as Quinten instead of Quenten. This is on the original document.

Note: Anna is a small town in Shelby County, Ohio. Anna, first surveyed in 1867, was a station on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway. Anna Station, as it was known, lies in Dinsmore and Franklin townships.

Graduation:

Newspaper: The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio), 5 May 1941, p5
Union Township
Members of the senior class of Milton-Union high school will conduct their own commencement exercises at the school Wednesday, May 21. The program will include a historical pantomime of Union township, presented entirely by the seniors. Rev. J. Fletcher Lewis of the Hoffman Memorial Methodist church will address the baccalaureate service in the school auditorium Sunday night, May 18. Thearen Beck and Charlotte Leeth are among the graduates.

Newspaper: The Piqua Daily Call (Piqua, Ohio), 13 May 1941, p10
Milton-Union has 1941 Class of 54
Commencement Program Announced for Night of May 21st.
West Milton, May 13.—Fifty-four members comprise the 1941, Senior class of Milton-Union high school which will be graduated at commencement exercises Wednesday night, May 21 in the high school auditorium. Listed in the class are Thearen Beck and Charlotte Leeth.

Newspaper:

Miami County Men Leave For Camp
Troy, April 3—83 men left Troy Saturday over the B. & O. railroad for assignment at Ft. Thomas, Ky. Those in the group included Thearen Quentin Beck of R. R. 1, Union.

Newspaper:

Thearen Beck, husband of Mrs. Charlotte Beck, RR 1, Union, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beck of West Milton, is serving with the Army Air Forces and training in Florida.

Newspaper:

The Leeth Family Reunion
The Leeth Family Reunion was held Sunday Aug 10 at the Antwerp Park. A bountiful potluck dinner was enjoyed a the noon hour.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John M. Leeth and family Earl Leeth, Mrs. M. M. Leeth, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Silvers all of Payne. Robert Roberts, Sr., Mr and Mrs. Robert Roberts, Jr., Mrs. Cynthin Smith and daughter Sallie, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shelley, Dan Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Meyers all of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mrs. Ed. Carter of Pauding. Mr and Mrs. Donald Lee and family of Haviland, Ohio. Mr and Mrs. Gus Walkenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mortoff, Mrs. Lenora Crowley all of Antwerp. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prater of Warren, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Leeth of Sandusky, Michigan. Mrs. Clyde Freda Leeth-Small of ??? Heights, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. C. W Baughman of Paulding. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Shelley of Schoolcraft, Michigan. Lester Shelley of Plainwell, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Adams of Elkhart, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jewell and family of Bristol, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Leeth, Mrs. D. M. Bates of Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Theron Beck and daughter Patty of Clayton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Leeth and grandchildren of Lewisburg, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Maxwell and daughter Nancy of Coesse, Indiana. Mrs. Ethyl Maxwell and granddaughter Diane of Columbus City, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Leeth of Bradenton, Florida and D. D. Leeth of Leipsic, Ohio.

Newspaper:

Former Resident Amazed By City
A 78-year old Ohio woman who lived in Lawton before statehood visited here Saturday and expressed amazement at the city's growth since she left 57 years ago.
The visitor was Mrs. Ethel Beck, 78, Port Jefferson, Ohio, whose late husband, Walter H. Beck, built one of the first large farm buildings in Comanche county before statehood.
Mrs. Beck was traveling with her son, Thearen Beck, Englewood Ohio, and his wife, Charlotte, and daughter, Mary Ann, 5. He has been on business trips to San Antonio and Oklahoma City, and they decided to spend the weekend in Lawton to give his mother an opportunity to visit old landmarks of the area.

Newspaper:

Report From The Courts
Miami Probate Court
Application filed in the estate of Ethel Beck for appointment of Thearen Q. Beck, administrator, with letters issued.

Property:

Certificate for Transfer of Real Estate
Rosa F. Cress of Union Township, deceased
Persons inheriting real estate:
Thearen Beck, grandson 1/6 interest
Orelia G. Green, granddaughter 1/6 interest
Louise Rosell, granddaughter 1/6 interest
Vivian Beemer, granddaughter 1/6 interest
Robert Darrell Stahler, grandson 1/6 interest
Richard Stahler, grandson 1/6 interest

Newspaper:

Real Estate Transfers
Rosa F. Cress to Thearen Beck et al, lot, Kessler.

Buried:

MILITARY MARKER
Thearen Quentin Beck
CPL US Army Air Forces
World War II
Oct 7 1922 - Nov 22 1999

Thearen married Charlotte Louise Leeth on 7 Dec 1941 in Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio, United States. Charlotte (daughter of Charles Henry Leeth and Mary Gertrude Colvin) was born on 4 Mar 1923 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; died on 6 May 2011 in Englewood, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Physical Description: very friendly with blond hair and blue eyes
• Medical Condition: a heart murmer
• Obituary: Dayton Daily News (Dayton Ohio) 5 December 1954, p23
• Obituary: Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 2 December 1954, p1
• Obituary: Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 2 December 1954, p1
• Obituary: Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 3 December 1954, p56
• Obituary: Newspaper unknown
• Name: Kenny Beck
• Residence: 1947, Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 1952, West Manchester, Preble County, Ohio
• Misc: 1953, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; received a certificate from Ohio Pupils Reading Circle
• Residence: 1954, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  8513 N. Main Street

Notes:

Memories... by Patricia Beck Hormell
Kenny was fair, blonde, blue eyed and very, very friendly. He was not shy like me, but talkative and outgoing; like dad he never met a stranger. He liked Hoppalong Cassidy, toy soldiers and toy farm animals. Even though there was a five year age difference, we got along swell together. We shared toys, games and secrets.
I was scared and devastated when I was in the seventh grade and the school principal called me to his office to inform me that my brother had been hit by a car and died. It was a very sad time and I felt lonely. My parents had already bought Christmas presents and had them wrapped and under the tree. The packages were given to a needy family.


Obituary:

Randolph Tp. Boy, 7, Killed In Dash For School Bus
Lad Runs In Front Of Auto On Rt. 48 As Mother Watches
A seven-year-old boy was injured fatally about 8:30 a.m. Thursday when he was struck by an automobile in the 8500 block on N. Main st. (State Route 48), when he dashed across the roadway to meet an approaching school bus, as his mother watched helplessly.
The child, Kenneth Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thearen Beck of 8513 N. Main st., was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan hospital.
John V. Walker, owner of Walker Motor Sales, who also lives on State Route 48, was the driver of the car which struck the child according to Deputy Sheriff Thomas Siegman.
Siegman said the boy and his mother had been standing in front of their home on the west side of the road, waiting for the Randolph tp. school bus. As the child saw the bus approach from the south, he ran across the roadway and in front of Walker's southbound car. Mrs. Beck told Deputy Siegman at the hospital that the accident was not Walker's fault.
The boy was a second grade pupil at Randolph tp. school.
So far this year there have been 38 traffic fatalities in the city and county, 30 of them having occurred in rural areas. At this same time last year, 74 persons had died in traffic accidents with 46 of the deaths reported on county highways.

Obituary:

County Boy, 7, Killed In Run To School Bus
Mother Sees Lad Dart In Front Of Car On '48'
A seven-year-old boy was injured fatally about 8;30 a.m. Thursday when he was struck by an automobile across the road from his home on N. Main st. (State Route 48), when he dashed across the roadway to meet an approaching school bus, as his mother watched helplessly.
The child, Kenneth Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thearen Beck of 8513 N. Main st., was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan hospital.
John V. Walker, owner of Walker Motor Sales, who also lives on State Route 48, was the driver of the car which struck the child, according to Deputy Sheriff Thomas Stegman.
Stegman said the boy and his mother had been standing in front of their home on the west side of the road, waiting for the Randolph tp. school bus, as the child saw the bus approach from the south, he ran across the roadway and in front of Walker's southbound car. Mrs. Beck told Deputy Stegman at the hospital that the accident was not Walker's fault.
Walker had left his home, which is located a little more than a mile north of the scene of the accident, about 8:15 a.m. Deputy Stegman said traffic tests showed Walker was driving not more that 35 miles an hour when the child was struck.
The boy was a second grade pupil at Randolph tp. school.
So far this year there have been 58 traffic fatalities in the city and county, 30 of them having occurred in rural areas. At this same time last year, 74 persons had died in traffic accidents with 46 of the deaths reported on county highways.

Obituary:

Rites For Boy To Be Held Sunday
Services for a seven-year-old traffic victim, Kenneth Beck, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Churchill funeral home, 101 National rd., Englewood.
The lad was fatally injured Thursday after he ran from his mother's side to meet a school bus and ran into the path of an auto in front of his home.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thearen Beck, 8513 N. Main St., and was in the second grade at Randolph tp. school. He is also survived by a sister, Patricia L.; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leeth of Lewisburg and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beck of Sidney.
The Rev. Robert Chiles will conduct the services. Burial will be in Arlington cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday and through the evening.

Obituary:

Fatal: A contradiction of the old wheeze about boys hating school came in a tragic way Thursday. Standing in front of their home at 8513 N. Main St., little Kenneth Beck was waiting with his mother, Mrs. Thearen Beck, for the Randolph tp. school bus. When the seven-year-old lad saw the bus approaching, he started to dash across N. Main (Covington Pike) to meet it. He darted into the path of an auto driven by auto dealer John V. Walker—with both his mother and Walker powerless to prevent the tragedy. The boy's death the city-county toll to 58. It was 73 this time last year.

Obituary:

Boy Killed On Way To School
A small boy who formerly lived in this community was injured fatally last Thursday morning. He was Kenneth Beck, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thearon Beck of 8513 North Main street, Dayton, formerly of Lewisburg, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leeth of RR 2, Lewisburg.
The lad and his mother were standing in front of their home on the west side of the street (State Route 48), waiting for a bus of the Randolph township schools at Englewood, where he was a second grade pupil. As the bus approached from the south, he dashed across the roadway and into the path of a southbound car driven by John V. Walker, owner of Walker Motor Sales. He was not held, as the investigating deputy sheriff cleared him of any blame for the accident and reported he wasn't driving over 30 miles an hour. The child was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan hospital.
Kenneth was born at Troy.
Besides the parents and maternal grandparents, survivors include a sister Patricia, 12 years old, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beck of Sidney.
Funeral services were held at Englewood Sunday afternoon with burial following in Arlington cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]