John N. Beckman,
89, Succumbs To
Heart Ailment
John N. Beckman, 89, of 57 Glendale Park, native Lake county resident and former state representative from this district, died yesterday at 12:35 p.m. in St. Margaret hospital after suffering a relapse from a heart ailment that sent him to the hospital last Friday.
Beckman, who served two terms in the state legislature (1898-1902), was born in this county and would have been 90 years old next October. He was one of the earliest settlers in the region, and the first homeowner in the Glendale Park district.
Before his retirement in 1932, Beckman was a director of the First Trust & Savings bank and Gostlin, Meyn and Weiss realty firm, both of which now are defunct. He moved to Hammond in 1905, then occupying a residence at 44 Rimbach, and later built his own home in Glendale Park in 1907.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Emmerling's funeral chapel at 6020 Hohman, corner of Highland, Hammond, with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
Survivors include his sons, John F. Beckman, president of the Home Lumber Co., of Hammond; E. W. Beckman of Winnetka, Ill.; Fred H. Beckman of Hammond; daughters, Mrs. Marie Moran and Eleanor of the Glendale Park address, and his nephew, Dr. H. C. Groman, secretary of the Hammond city board of health. He also is survived by a brother, B. Fred Beckman of Ft. Smith, Ark., and four sisters, Mrs. Gesena Groman of Odebolt, Ia., Elizabeth Rohe of Crete, Ill., Anna Gansbergen of Homewood, Ill., and Sister Margaret Murphy of Brookston, Ind. He also is survived by 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Thursday, May 23, 1946, pg. 1.
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A Pioneer Passes
Lake county mourns the death of John N. Beckman, one of its native residents and a foremost citizen of Hammond. He would have been 90 years old had he lived until next October.
Mr. Beckman, long active in local business circles, while still a young man achieved political distinction in Lake county when he was elected to the legislature in 1898 and served there until after the turn of the century.
Those were the days when the position of state representative meant more than it does now because at that time Lake county had but one representative at Indianapolis.
Born in Hanover township in 1856, where he received a common school education and then attended the Ball Institute at Crown Point, John Beckman spent most of his early years on his father's farm and later as a manager of his father's general store at Brunswick. Following his service in the state legislature he moved to Hammond and engaged in the real estate business, becoming identified with the firm of Gostlin, Meyn & Co. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Home Lumber Co., of which his son, John is now president.
In 1880 he married Mary A. Echterling. Twelve children were born of the marriage, of whom six grew to maturity, and several of the sons have found important positions in the business world.
One of the builders of the Calumet region, John N. Beckman saw Lake county grow from a few thousand sturdy pioneers to a population of more than 300,000 people. It should be realized he was in Lake county before it had its present industrial north; that is, before there was a Hammond (settled in 1868); before East Chicago was founded (1888); prior to the building of Whiting (1889), and long before the U. S. Steel Co. started to build the City of Gary (1906).
It has been well remarked that with the passing of Mr. Beckman there is lost a vast amount of information of early days and the story of this or that person or the rise of this or that business.
With his death the Republican party loses one of its most faithful and influential leaders and one who cast his first vote for James A. Garfield.
He was indeed a good American, a useful citizen and a fine family man, whose code of right and justice and fairness was so high that he commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew him.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Friday, May 24, 1946, pg. 18.
89, Succumbs To
Heart Ailment
John N. Beckman, 89, of 57 Glendale Park, native Lake county resident and former state representative from this district, died yesterday at 12:35 p.m. in St. Margaret hospital after suffering a relapse from a heart ailment that sent him to the hospital last Friday.
Beckman, who served two terms in the state legislature (1898-1902), was born in this county and would have been 90 years old next October. He was one of the earliest settlers in the region, and the first homeowner in the Glendale Park district.
Before his retirement in 1932, Beckman was a director of the First Trust & Savings bank and Gostlin, Meyn and Weiss realty firm, both of which now are defunct. He moved to Hammond in 1905, then occupying a residence at 44 Rimbach, and later built his own home in Glendale Park in 1907.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Emmerling's funeral chapel at 6020 Hohman, corner of Highland, Hammond, with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
Survivors include his sons, John F. Beckman, president of the Home Lumber Co., of Hammond; E. W. Beckman of Winnetka, Ill.; Fred H. Beckman of Hammond; daughters, Mrs. Marie Moran and Eleanor of the Glendale Park address, and his nephew, Dr. H. C. Groman, secretary of the Hammond city board of health. He also is survived by a brother, B. Fred Beckman of Ft. Smith, Ark., and four sisters, Mrs. Gesena Groman of Odebolt, Ia., Elizabeth Rohe of Crete, Ill., Anna Gansbergen of Homewood, Ill., and Sister Margaret Murphy of Brookston, Ind. He also is survived by 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Thursday, May 23, 1946, pg. 1.
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A Pioneer Passes
Lake county mourns the death of John N. Beckman, one of its native residents and a foremost citizen of Hammond. He would have been 90 years old had he lived until next October.
Mr. Beckman, long active in local business circles, while still a young man achieved political distinction in Lake county when he was elected to the legislature in 1898 and served there until after the turn of the century.
Those were the days when the position of state representative meant more than it does now because at that time Lake county had but one representative at Indianapolis.
Born in Hanover township in 1856, where he received a common school education and then attended the Ball Institute at Crown Point, John Beckman spent most of his early years on his father's farm and later as a manager of his father's general store at Brunswick. Following his service in the state legislature he moved to Hammond and engaged in the real estate business, becoming identified with the firm of Gostlin, Meyn & Co. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Home Lumber Co., of which his son, John is now president.
In 1880 he married Mary A. Echterling. Twelve children were born of the marriage, of whom six grew to maturity, and several of the sons have found important positions in the business world.
One of the builders of the Calumet region, John N. Beckman saw Lake county grow from a few thousand sturdy pioneers to a population of more than 300,000 people. It should be realized he was in Lake county before it had its present industrial north; that is, before there was a Hammond (settled in 1868); before East Chicago was founded (1888); prior to the building of Whiting (1889), and long before the U. S. Steel Co. started to build the City of Gary (1906).
It has been well remarked that with the passing of Mr. Beckman there is lost a vast amount of information of early days and the story of this or that person or the rise of this or that business.
With his death the Republican party loses one of its most faithful and influential leaders and one who cast his first vote for James A. Garfield.
He was indeed a good American, a useful citizen and a fine family man, whose code of right and justice and fairness was so high that he commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew him.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Friday, May 24, 1946, pg. 18.
John N. Beckman,
89, Succumbs To
Heart Ailment
John N. Beckman, 89, of 57 Glendale Park, native Lake county resident and former state representative from this district, died yesterday at 12:35 p.m. in St. Margaret hospital after suffering a relapse from a heart ailment that sent him to the hospital last Friday.
Beckman, who served two terms in the state legislature (1898-1902), was born in this county and would have been 90 years old next October. He was one of the earliest settlers in the region, and the first homeowner in the Glendale Park district.
Before his retirement in 1932, Beckman was a director of the First Trust & Savings bank and Gostlin, Meyn and Weiss realty firm, both of which now are defunct. He moved to Hammond in 1905, then occupying a residence at 44 Rimbach, and later built his own home in Glendale Park in 1907.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Emmerling's funeral chapel at 6020 Hohman, corner of Highland, Hammond, with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
Survivors include his sons, John F. Beckman, president of the Home Lumber Co., of Hammond; E. W. Beckman of Winnetka, Ill.; Fred H. Beckman of Hammond; daughters, Mrs. Marie Moran and Eleanor of the Glendale Park address, and his nephew, Dr. H. C. Groman, secretary of the Hammond city board of health. He also is survived by a brother, B. Fred Beckman of Ft. Smith, Ark., and four sisters, Mrs. Gesena Groman of Odebolt, Ia., Elizabeth Rohe of Crete, Ill., Anna Gansbergen of Homewood, Ill., and Sister Margaret Murphy of Brookston, Ind. He also is survived by 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Thursday, May 23, 1946, pg. 1.
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A Pioneer Passes
Lake county mourns the death of John N. Beckman, one of its native residents and a foremost citizen of Hammond. He would have been 90 years old had he lived until next October.
Mr. Beckman, long active in local business circles, while still a young man achieved political distinction in Lake county when he was elected to the legislature in 1898 and served there until after the turn of the century.
Those were the days when the position of state representative meant more than it does now because at that time Lake county had but one representative at Indianapolis.
Born in Hanover township in 1856, where he received a common school education and then attended the Ball Institute at Crown Point, John Beckman spent most of his early years on his father's farm and later as a manager of his father's general store at Brunswick. Following his service in the state legislature he moved to Hammond and engaged in the real estate business, becoming identified with the firm of Gostlin, Meyn & Co. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Home Lumber Co., of which his son, John is now president.
In 1880 he married Mary A. Echterling. Twelve children were born of the marriage, of whom six grew to maturity, and several of the sons have found important positions in the business world.
One of the builders of the Calumet region, John N. Beckman saw Lake county grow from a few thousand sturdy pioneers to a population of more than 300,000 people. It should be realized he was in Lake county before it had its present industrial north; that is, before there was a Hammond (settled in 1868); before East Chicago was founded (1888); prior to the building of Whiting (1889), and long before the U. S. Steel Co. started to build the City of Gary (1906).
It has been well remarked that with the passing of Mr. Beckman there is lost a vast amount of information of early days and the story of this or that person or the rise of this or that business.
With his death the Republican party loses one of its most faithful and influential leaders and one who cast his first vote for James A. Garfield.
He was indeed a good American, a useful citizen and a fine family man, whose code of right and justice and fairness was so high that he commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew him.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Friday, May 24, 1946, pg. 18.
89, Succumbs To
Heart Ailment
John N. Beckman, 89, of 57 Glendale Park, native Lake county resident and former state representative from this district, died yesterday at 12:35 p.m. in St. Margaret hospital after suffering a relapse from a heart ailment that sent him to the hospital last Friday.
Beckman, who served two terms in the state legislature (1898-1902), was born in this county and would have been 90 years old next October. He was one of the earliest settlers in the region, and the first homeowner in the Glendale Park district.
Before his retirement in 1932, Beckman was a director of the First Trust & Savings bank and Gostlin, Meyn and Weiss realty firm, both of which now are defunct. He moved to Hammond in 1905, then occupying a residence at 44 Rimbach, and later built his own home in Glendale Park in 1907.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Emmerling's funeral chapel at 6020 Hohman, corner of Highland, Hammond, with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
Survivors include his sons, John F. Beckman, president of the Home Lumber Co., of Hammond; E. W. Beckman of Winnetka, Ill.; Fred H. Beckman of Hammond; daughters, Mrs. Marie Moran and Eleanor of the Glendale Park address, and his nephew, Dr. H. C. Groman, secretary of the Hammond city board of health. He also is survived by a brother, B. Fred Beckman of Ft. Smith, Ark., and four sisters, Mrs. Gesena Groman of Odebolt, Ia., Elizabeth Rohe of Crete, Ill., Anna Gansbergen of Homewood, Ill., and Sister Margaret Murphy of Brookston, Ind. He also is survived by 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Thursday, May 23, 1946, pg. 1.
~~~
A Pioneer Passes
Lake county mourns the death of John N. Beckman, one of its native residents and a foremost citizen of Hammond. He would have been 90 years old had he lived until next October.
Mr. Beckman, long active in local business circles, while still a young man achieved political distinction in Lake county when he was elected to the legislature in 1898 and served there until after the turn of the century.
Those were the days when the position of state representative meant more than it does now because at that time Lake county had but one representative at Indianapolis.
Born in Hanover township in 1856, where he received a common school education and then attended the Ball Institute at Crown Point, John Beckman spent most of his early years on his father's farm and later as a manager of his father's general store at Brunswick. Following his service in the state legislature he moved to Hammond and engaged in the real estate business, becoming identified with the firm of Gostlin, Meyn & Co. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Home Lumber Co., of which his son, John is now president.
In 1880 he married Mary A. Echterling. Twelve children were born of the marriage, of whom six grew to maturity, and several of the sons have found important positions in the business world.
One of the builders of the Calumet region, John N. Beckman saw Lake county grow from a few thousand sturdy pioneers to a population of more than 300,000 people. It should be realized he was in Lake county before it had its present industrial north; that is, before there was a Hammond (settled in 1868); before East Chicago was founded (1888); prior to the building of Whiting (1889), and long before the U. S. Steel Co. started to build the City of Gary (1906).
It has been well remarked that with the passing of Mr. Beckman there is lost a vast amount of information of early days and the story of this or that person or the rise of this or that business.
With his death the Republican party loses one of its most faithful and influential leaders and one who cast his first vote for James A. Garfield.
He was indeed a good American, a useful citizen and a fine family man, whose code of right and justice and fairness was so high that he commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew him.
Published in The Times (Munster, IN), on Friday, May 24, 1946, pg. 18.
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