This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beck, Bierman, Hoitink, Boush Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11965 Message Board Post: PJ: 4/22/2002: Dewittville: Francis A. Beck, 18, of 5157 Centralia-Hartfield Road, died Friday, April 19, 2001, in Kansas City, Mo., after an automobile accident. He was born Oct. 19, 1983, in Jamestown, the son of Paul J. and Bonnie Bierman Beck. He was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy in Armada, Mich., where he was valedictorian of his class, and was preparing to enter the Catholic Seminary. He attended Our Lady of the Rosary in Buffalo. He enjoyed woodworking and had made several things out of wood. He enjoyed singing and had sung in the church choir, where he sang the Gregorian Chant, the ancient chant of the Catholic Church. Besides his parents of Dewittville, he is survived by 10 sisters: Lorene Hoitink of Mayville, Sister Jean Dominque (Regina) of Post Falls, Idaho, Larisa Beck of Arcadia, Calif., Sister Marie Germaine (Mary) of St. Mary’s, Kan., Sister Marie Theophane (Janet) of Brussels, Belgium, Bernice Beck of Browerville, Minn., Rachel and Gemma Beck, both of Newton Falls, Ohio, and Greta and Theresa Beck, both of Dewittville; six brothers: Paul Beck of Lawrenceville, N.Y., the Rev. Gerard Beck of Kansas City, Mo., Vincent Beck of Wales, Mich., Adam Beck of Newton Falls, and Marcel and Jerome Beck, both of Dewittville; and his maternal grandmother, Lois Boush of Williamsport, Pa. He was preceeded in death by his maternal grandfather, Harold Bierman; and his paternal grandparents. Lawrence and Bernice Beck. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Stanislaus Church, 123 Townsend St., Buffalo. The Rev. Gerald Beck, his brother, will be celebrant. Burial will be in the Centralia Union Cemetery.