BECK

Gale M. Beck, 82, of Glendale, Calif., died Saturday morning, November 21, 2009, at Emerald City Assisted Living Center in Glendale.

He was born December 11, 1926, in Van Wert County, the son of the late George G. and Retta F. (Bechtol) Beck.

Survivors include three brothers, Stephen Beck, Vernon Beck and Carl Beck, all of Van Wert; and six sisters, Gertrude Washburn of Delphos, Alice Dickson of Oxford, Grace Stump of Hilton Head, S.C., Bernice Zimmerman of Fort Wayne, Ind., Joan Davidson of Decatur, Ind., and Janet Looker of Columbus.

Two sisters, Hazel Brubaker and Waneta Beck, also preceded him in death.

No funeral services are planned.

There will be no visitation.

Arrangements were handled by Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert.

Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family at agfhc@embarqmail.com.