Obituary: Nancy Virginia Beeks, 66, a resident of Trout Lake (Washington), The Dalles Chronicle, Wasco County, Oregon

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Surnames: Beeks, Skinner, Brasmer, Anrig, Schmid, Reynoso, Nair, Surratt

The Dalles Chronicle   February 24, 2003.

Nancy Virginia Beeks, 66, a resident of Trout Lake (Washington), died Friday,
February 21, 2003, at her home.

She was born August 10, 1936, in St. Helens (Oregon), the third of eight 
children to Franklin Benjamin and Mary Ellen (Skinner) Brasmer. She moved 
to Westport (Oregon) as a child and then to the Goldendale (Washington) area 
as a young woman. She married Phillip Lowrey Beeks in Trout Lake in 1955 and 
they made their home in Glenwood (Washington) 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 her children; sons Phillip L. Beeks, Jr., Anchor Point, 
Alaska and Bell E. Beeks, Trout Lake; daughters Laura L. Anrig, Battle Ground,
Washington; Diane Schmid, Pierce, Idaho; Judy K. Reynoso, Trout Lake; and 
Mindy Nair, Vancouver (Washington). Also surviving are brothers Kenneth and 
Dan Surratt of Bremerton, Washington; and Donald Surratt, Silverdale, 
Washington; eight grandchildren and 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 at 1 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of 
the Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The Dalles, Oregon 97058.

Arrangements were by Columbia Cremation & Burial.

Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon