Walter Laverne Beard, Jr
Feb 9, 1932 - Mar 8, 2018
Posted by Ann Weber
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BARTLESVILLE
EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Funeral services for Walter Laverne Beard Jr.
are 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the
Benjamin Funeral Home Chapel in Nowata with
Pastor Wendell Abbott officiating.
Interment
will follow at Ball Cemetery in Childers,
Oklahoma.
Family will be receiving friends on
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00
P.M. at Benjamin Funeral Home in Nowata,
Oklahoma.
Walter Laverne Beard Jr., 86, passed away
Thursday, March 8, 2018 at his home in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born February 9,
1932 in Kaw City, Oklahoma to Walter Laverne Sr.
and Florence (Mauck) Beard. On October 11, 1951,
he married the love of his life, Barbara. Walter
worked at Reda Pump/ Schlumberger Manufacturing
in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where he was an
Inspector until his retirement. Then he decided
to work part time at Atwood's in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma. He was an active member of the Union
at Reda Pump and Dewey United Methodist Church.
He enjoyed Little League Baseball with his boys,
watching sports, going fishing, spending time
with his family and friends. Walter had many
friends and will be missed by everyone who knew
him.
Walter is preceded in death by his parents,
Walter Laverne Sr., and Florence Beard; Two
brother; Robert and Lybran Beard, One Sister;
Rosemary Miller and three Grandchildren; Trevor
and Dayton Beard, and Cody Thurman.
Walter is survived by his wife, Barbara Beard of
the home; three children; sons Mike Beard and
Troy Beard, both of Bartlesville, Oklahoma and
daughter, Sherry Thurman and her fiancé Dick
Sanders also of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; two
brothers; James Beard and his wife Ramona of
Cherryvale, Kansas and Paul Beard and his wife
Patricia of Cleveland, Oklahoma; Six
Grandchildren, six Great Grandchildren and One
Great-Great Grandchild.
Online condolences may be left at
www.honoringmemories.com. Arrangements have
been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service.
Funeral Home
Benjamin Funeral Home
114 West Cherokee
Nowata,
OK
74048
918-273-2700