The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 27, 2003, page 16

NANCY BEEKS

     Nancy Virginia Beeks, 66, a resident of Trout Lake, died on Friday, Feb. 21, 2003 at her home.
     She was born Aug. 10, 1936, in St. Helens, Ore., the third of eight children to Franklin Benjamin and Mary Ellen (Skinner) Brasmer. She moved to Westport, Ore. as a child and then to the Goldendale area as a young woman.
     She married Phillip Lowrey Beeks in Trout Lake in 1955 and they made their home in Glenwood and the surrounding area before moving to Trout Lake in 1960. Mr. Beeks died in 1992.
     She was a homemaker whose greatest love was children. She also enjoyed crocheting and camping.
     Survivors include sons Phillip L. Beeks, Jr., Anchor Point, Alaska, and Bill E. Beeks, Trout Lake; daughters Laura L. Anrig, Battle Ground, Diane Schmid, Pierce, Idaho, Judy K. Reynoso, Trout Lake, and Mindy Nair, Vancouver; brothers Kenneth and Dan Surratt of Bremerton, and Donald Surratt of Silverdale; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
     In addition to her husband she was preceded by three siblings and her parents.
     An informal graveside service will be held at the Pleasant Valley Cemetery on Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 1 p.m.
     Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Gorge, 719 Myrtle Street, The Dalles, OR 97058.
     Arrangements were by Columbia Cremation & Burial.

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