Obituary, mid-Missouri Newspaper, Feb. 1986: Bernard "Bennie" H. Beutel, 69, formerly of Meta, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 1986 at his home in St. Elizabeth. He was born Dec. 22, 1916, at Mary's Home, a son of Theodore and Annie Hake Beutel. On May 1, 1982, he was married to Hilda Wieberg, who died March 16, 1983. An Army Veteran of World War II, Mr. Beutel was a retired oil well driller. He drilled wells in Texas and worked in Norway two years before retiring and moving back to Meta in 1979. He was a member of the St. Cecelia Catholic Church. Survivors include: a daughter, Carolyn Bilger of Eastland, Texas; two sisters, Minnie Werdehausen and Mrs. Josephine Herx, both of Meta; a half-sister, Mathilda Bax of Meta; four grandchildren and one step-grandhild. Services were Tuesday, Feb. 11, at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Meta. Burial was in the parish Cemetery."