Wayne County Press
Thursday,
December 25, 1947

Leslie D. Beck, 49, well-known former Fairfield resident, succumbed to a serious brain operation in the St. John's hospital in St. Louis, at 12:15 o'clock Thursday morning.

Mr. Beck had been making his home in Ashley since 1941, where he was manager of the Southern Illinois Lumber yard.

For several years he had been the victim of severe headaches, and during the past five months his condition became more serious. He retired from active work about two months ago.

Two weeks ago he entered the hospital and at one o'clock on Wednesday he submitted to an operation for the removal of a webb-like growth from his brain. He was on the operating table seven hours and never recovered.

The remains were returned to the Dixon-Crippen funeral home here. Funeral services were held at the First Christian church Sunday afternoon by Rev. Kent Dale with burial in the Maple Hill cemetery.

Leslie Donald Beck, son of W.A. Beck and Rena Cisne-Beck, was born February 15, 1898.

He grew to manhood in Fairfield, where he attended grade school and high school. Following his graduation from high school in 1918, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country during World War I on the U.S.S. Shawmutt.

On April 5, 1930, he was united in marriage to Helen Creighton, daughter of the late Thomas H. Creighton and Mrs. Creighton.

At the age of fourteen he confessed his faith in Christ and united with the Fairfield Christian church, of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was also affiliated with the American Legion, the Masonic and Elk lodges.

He worked several years for the Southern Illinois Lumber Company in Fairfield. In 1941 he was transferred to Ashley.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his mother and [two] sisters, Mrs. I.V. Brock of Frankfurt, Ky., and Mrs. L.F. Samford of Fairfield, five nieces and two nephews.

Among those from a distance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. Casey Nowakowsky and Mrs. Rena Beck, the mother, all of Frankfort, Ky., and an uncle and aunt, Prof. and Mrs. Willis G. Cisne, of Carbondale.