This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEEBE, MCGLAUGHLIN, PERKEY, FERRARI, EVANS, PAULSEN, HEPLER, BESSELSEN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1685 Message Board Post: BEEBE, Douglas E. Pine Lake, MI Douglas Beebe, age 78, of Pine Lake in Plainwell, died at Borgess Medical Center, after a lengthy illness, on October 23, 2005. He was born March 3, 1927, in Kalamazoo to Clare and Maybert (McGlaughlin) Beebe. Doug graduated from State High School in 1945 and from Kalamazoo College with a degree in economics. Doug served his country in the U.S. Air Force during WW II. He worked for 32 years at Sun Chemical Company, where he retired as a plant manager in 1984. Doug married his high school sweetheart, Pat Perkey, on August 6, 1949. Learn more about Doug and visit with his family on Thursday from Noon-2 p.m. at the RDMG Life Story Funeral Home, Plainwell Chapel, where his service will follow at 2 p.m. with Pastor Ken Dykhoff of Spring Valley Wesleyan, officiating. Doug's family includes his wife Pat; children, Tim Beebe of Grand Rapids, Sheri and Jim Ferrari of Kalamazoo, Dan Beebe and his fiancée, Melinda Ritchie of Plainwell, and Robin and Kirk Evans of Kalamazoo; grand! children, Kelly and John Paulsen, Kevin and Nancy Beebe, Lindsay Ferrari, Andrew Ferrari, Matthew Evans, and Tyler Evans; great-grandchildren, Jack and Hailey Paulsen; and sisters, Shirlee and Paul Hepler of New York, and Sandra and John Besselsen, formerly of Grand Rapids. He was preceded in death by his parents. Please visit Doug's memory page at www.lifestorynet.com, where you can read his life story, archive a favorite memory, order flowers, or make a memorial donation to the Spring Valley Wesleyan Church. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 10/25/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)