Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Spouses
FatherFrederick Louis Whittington (1893-1971)
MotherNora Bell Griffing (1898-1974)
Marriage22 Aug 1975, Lancaster County, NE, USA6301
Notes for Leon John “Jack” Beers
He and accomplace Robert Lansing McColley were awaiting trial for the murder of Charles Sontag when he married Bessie Mae Whittington. Sontag’s death resulted from a scuffle the three had on March 10, 1942. McColley was found not guilty on December 22 but the jury could not reach a verdict on Beers. A retrial for Beers was scheduled for March, 1943 but I can find no record of the retrial in a newspaper search.
His obituary read:5804
BEERS
L. J. "Jack" Beers, 87, of Lincoln, died
July 12, 2010. Mr. Beers was born March 28, 1923 to Leon and Eva (McCourtney) Beers in Lincoln. Jack was a Master Architect/Engineer which was his life's work and pride. He designed over 300 churches in a five state area and was a founding member of the Society of American Registered Architects. He served in the United States Marines during World War II as a qualified radio-radar gunner. He participated in the Treasury-Bougainville Operation, the Bismarck Archipelago Operation and the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands. Jack was a highly decorated Marine and received three purple hearts. He was also a 32nd Degree Mason and member of Sesostris Shrine. He was an avid Husker football fan and also a member of the 1941 Lincoln High State Championship Football Team. He was preceded by his parents, Mom and Pop Beers; a brother, Ted Beers; a sister, Lucille Beers Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothe, of Lincoln; son, John Beers , of Dorchester,; daughters, Lynne Seus (Doug), of Heber City, Utah, and Patty Jo Flower of Salt Lake City; step-children, George Culver, of Austin, Texas, and Steven Olsen (Kate), of Lincoln; 13 grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren and three nieces.
Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Butherus, Maser and Love Funeral Home, 4040 A. St., Lincoln, NE 68510. Visitation will be 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2010, at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Masonic Lodge #300 or the Shriners Hospital for Children.
His obituary read:5804
BEERS
L. J. "Jack" Beers, 87, of Lincoln, died
July 12, 2010. Mr. Beers was born March 28, 1923 to Leon and Eva (McCourtney) Beers in Lincoln. Jack was a Master Architect/Engineer which was his life's work and pride. He designed over 300 churches in a five state area and was a founding member of the Society of American Registered Architects. He served in the United States Marines during World War II as a qualified radio-radar gunner. He participated in the Treasury-Bougainville Operation, the Bismarck Archipelago Operation and the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands. Jack was a highly decorated Marine and received three purple hearts. He was also a 32nd Degree Mason and member of Sesostris Shrine. He was an avid Husker football fan and also a member of the 1941 Lincoln High State Championship Football Team. He was preceded by his parents, Mom and Pop Beers; a brother, Ted Beers; a sister, Lucille Beers Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothe, of Lincoln; son, John Beers , of Dorchester,; daughters, Lynne Seus (Doug), of Heber City, Utah, and Patty Jo Flower of Salt Lake City; step-children, George Culver, of Austin, Texas, and Steven Olsen (Kate), of Lincoln; 13 grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren and three nieces.
Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Butherus, Maser and Love Funeral Home, 4040 A. St., Lincoln, NE 68510. Visitation will be 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2010, at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Masonic Lodge #300 or the Shriners Hospital for Children.