From the Eau Claire
Leader-Telegram
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Roger K. Beede
Roger K. Beede, age 78,
died at home in Forest Lake, MN on Saturday, January 4, 2020 after
battling health issues the past few years.
Roger was born on March 30, 1941 to the late Clifford and Clara (Ronnei)
Beede in Whitehall, Wisconsin. He grew up on the family farm and
attended a one room schoolhouse through 6th grade. Roger attended Junior
High School in Hixton until the family moved to Eau Claire. He always
joked the best day of his life was when they moved off the farm. Roger
continued his education in Eau Claire graduating in 1959 from Memorial
High School and then receiving his BS in Chemistry from UW-EC. On August
18, 1962 he married Lynne C. Nelson at Grace Lutheran Church in Eau
Claire.
He was always a hard worker starting on the family farm and then at the
Farmers Store in Eau Claire. Following college, he worked a few years at
the University of Minnesota and Pillsbury before joining Honeywell in
Minneapolis where he worked 34 years until his retirement in 2000.
Roger, Lynne, and the kids enjoyed camping throughout the years in both
tents and their pop-up trailer. Many local outings and trips to
California (enjoying the states in between) were taken. The fun
continued when the grandchildren came along. For many years Roger and
Lynne enjoyed retirement life. They traveled to Arizona in the winter,
South Dakota in the summer and visited almost all lower 48 states in
their RV.
Roger was an avid outdoorsman from a young age. He truly loved hunting
and fishing. The many, many falls spent at his brother Jims pheasant
game farm or at the land deer hunting with family were treasured times.
Roger also enjoyed upland bird and waterfowl hunting in the north woods
and western regions of MN amidst the company of various friends and
family throughout the years. Fishing, his other love, was enjoyed from a
boat, in waders on a trout stream or in an ice house with a tip-up. He
was thrilled to teach his grandchildren how to fish.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Lynne; sons, Jeff (Kelly) of Eau
Claire and Andy (Andrea) of Coon Rapids, MN; daughter, Laurie McGuigan
of Lino Lakes, MN; grandchildren, Tiffaney Beede (fiancé Jared
Weinfurtner) and Erica (Stuart) Joyce; Carolynne, Paul, and Laura Beede,
and Olivia McGuigan; great granddaughter, Freya Joyce; brother, Jim
(Mary); many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Roger was preceded in death by his brother, Fred.
A Celebration of Life will be held 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 11,
2020 at Evergreen Funeral Home in Eau Claire (4611 Commerce Valley Road)
with Pastor Glenndy Ose officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m.
until time of service. An interment will be held at a later date.
Evergreen Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.
In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer memorials in memory of Roger
be given to either The American Heart Association https://www.heart.org/;
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital https://www.stjude.org/; or to a
cancer research organization of your choosing.
To send your condolence to the family, please visit our obituaries at
www.evergreenfuneralhome.com.