BEECK, Melvin Charles

• Name	BEECK, Melvin Charles
  Birth	Saint Ignace, Mackinac, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Male
  Military	United States Marine Corps
  	World War II and served in the Pacific as a rank of corporal.
  	Address: World War II
  Death	Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
  Person ID	I4801	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Blum Family Tree (Ellen's maternal), Wulf Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	BEECK, Roland Henry,   b. 17 Jun 1894, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States d. 21 Apr 1992, Saint Ignace, Mackinac, Michigan, United States (Age 97 years)
  Mother	SCHMIDT, Irma Dora,   b. 13 Dec 1897, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 29 Dec 1980, Moran, Mackinac, Michigan, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1916
  Family ID	F1621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living > 2. Living
  Family ID	F1626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

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• Notes

  Mel's parents owned and ran a boarding house in Saint Ignace. His father Roland was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and learned the art of cheese making at the University of Wisconsin around 1915. His father also worked on the Ferry boats in Saint Ignace before the construction of the Mackinac Bridge and lived to become the oldest active Justice of the Peice in the State of Michigan when he died at age 97. Mel enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in World War 2 and served in the Pacific as a rank of corporal. After the war. Mel married Silvia Pearl Deffries. Mel later helped build the Mackinac Bridge. He owned and ran a Shell Gas Station in Yakima Washington. Mel was cremated but disposition of his ashes is not yet determined.