Richard Beem
Richard C. Beam, 59, Burns, died March 23, 2002, at HCA Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
Memorial services were held today, Wednesday, at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Born Nov. 5, 1942, at Vancouver, Wash., he was the son of George and Doria Fay (Stirewalt) Beam.
He had lived at Burns for the past 12 years and worked as a printer for Pioneer Ballon.
Survivors include three daughters, Michelle Cowen, and Christina Beem and Amy Hymer both of Wichita; his mother and stepfather, Doris and Donald Conrad, Burns; brother, Larry Beam and sister, Arlene Winsor, both of Burns; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and a granddaughter.
A memorial fund has been established in his memory at the Basic Cancer Research Center, Kansas State University.