Minnie L. Beckman

Minnie L. Beckman, 95, died Monday, April 16, 2012 in UPMC McKeesport. Born in McKeesport, February 25, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Sadie Parker Long. Of McKeesport, she was retired from the former G.C. Murphy Company, was a member, elder, and deacon of McKeesport Presbyterian Church, where she touched many lives through her service as a Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Beckman was a member of Church Women United, the G.C. Murphy Company Veterans, McKeesport Chapter #32, A.A.R.P., the McKeesport Hospital Junior Committee, and the Y.W.C.A.

Wife of the late Carl M. Beckman, she is survived by her niece, Beverly L. (Robert) Osterholm of Murrysville, also by great nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Hunter Funeral Home, Inc., 1600 Coursin Street, McKeesport, PA 15132 on Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. A service will take place Thursday, April 19 at 10:00 AM in McKeesport Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Darrell Knopp officiating. Entombment will follow in the McKeesport & Versailles Mausoleum. The family suggests contributions to Three Rivers Hospice or to McKeesport Presbyterian Church.