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- The Hillsdale Daily News (MI)
August 9, 2012
HILLSDALE - Emma I. Beckman, 90, of Reading, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at the McGuire Skilled Nursing Facility, Hillsdale.
She was born July 31, 1922 in Defiance County, Ohio to Walter and Alice (Peeper) Haskell. She graduated from Coldwater High School.
Emma was a life-member of the Reading Baptist Church, where she also taught Sunday school.
She was a talented seamstress, enjoyed participating in craft shows for 35 years, and she loved gardening and cooking.
On Aug. 20, 1950, she married Glenn Beckman, and he preceded her in death in 2010.
Survivors include two daughters, Sue Dilyard of Reading and Glenda (Dan) Mann of Camden; one sister, Dorothy (Louis) Fiore of Connecticut; and three grandchildren, Kenton, Brock and Whitney Mann.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one sister (Erma Shumway); one brother (Lawrence Haskell); and her son-in-law, (Roy Dilyard).
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