The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday November 26, 1957 Levi Beem. Levi BEEM, Oskaloosa, died at the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital in Winchester Monday. He was 88. He had been ill for some time. He was born at Animosa, Iowa, on May 3, 1869. When six he moved to Smith Center and lived there until 1913 when he moved to Jefferson County. His home was on a farm near Oskaloosa. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include two sons; Paul, Oskaloosa, and Roy W., 1414 Harrison. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the Hampton Funeral Home, Oskaloosa. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Oskaloosa.