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Malcolm"Mac" Beauchamp, 82, a resident of Albuquerque for 53 years, passed away on April 7, 2000. Mac is survived by his wife, Judy; his daughter, Rhonda Blech and husband, Forrest; and sons, Richard, and Ronald and wife, Cecilia Navarrete; three grandchildren, Carla Beauchamp and husband, Joel Jacobsen, Annalise and Gretchen Blech; great-grandsons, Alexander, Scott and Benjamin Jacobsen; and Judy's son, James Mason and wife, Mary. Born in Havre, Montana on March 7, 1918 to Samuel Wintrode Beauchamp and Clare Andre Beauchamp, Mac was raised in Sioux City, Iowa, where he graduated from Central High School in 1936. He attended Park College in Kansas City, Missouri and Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa before moving his family to Los Angeles, California during WWII, where he worked for Northrop Aviation. Mac came to Albuquerque on February 14, 1947 to work as a watchmaker. He and his former wife, Ione Beauchamp opened Beauchamp and Company Jewelers in 1951. While owner of Beauchamp's, Mac was a watchmaker, a jeweler, and was instrumental in forming the New Mexico Retail Jewelers Association, of which he served as President in 1966. In 1974, he founded Clocks, Inc., where a wide variety of clocks were repaired and sold. Mac loved to use his woodworking talents to make custom designed clocks and repair antique clock cases. Mac and Judy had recently retired to Sun City, Arizona. A Memorial service will be held on April 22, 2000, 3:00 p.m., at Anderson Valley Vineyards. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Animal Humane Association and the American Heart Association.
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