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Beck -- Lt. Col. (Ret.) Allan F. Beck died Thursday, November 7, 2002 at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee of complications from kidney failure. Lt. Col. Beck was born July 3, 1917 in Escanaba, Michigan. He went to school in Escanaba and graduated as Valedictorian of his high school class in 1935. After entering the Army Air Corps, he was stationed at Randolph Field and Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas. Upon leaving active duty he served in the USAF Reserve, retiring as a Lt. Col. He worked at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a nuclear physicist and retired after 31 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank Oscar and Anna Jackson Beck; sister, Thelma LeDuc of Escanaba, Michigan. He married Louise Duggin and their 59 year marriage brought them three children who survive, Ellen (John) Anderson, David (Cindy) Beck and Elizabeth Estrada; five grandchildren; brothers, Arol (Dudley, deceased) and Jack (Bette) Beck, of Escanaba, Michigan. Visitation will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 11, 2002 at Woodlawn Funeral Home with services to follow at 11:30 a.m. Private interment will be at Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the National Kidney Foundation. Woodlawn Funeral Home, 660 Thompson Lane, 615-383-4754. A Dignity Memorial Provider.
        Published on: Sun November 10, 2002