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William L. Beaver, Jr. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apr. 9 to Apr. 10, 2013
Beaver, William Lee Jr. passed away, Sunday, April 7, 2013. Born on June 16, 1917 to Wm. Lee Beaver, Sr., and Ida M. Beaver, in Kuttawa, Ky. Preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 67 years, Reba, and his younger brother Joe. Loving father of Doug (Jan) Beaver of O'Fallon, Mo. and Betsy (Jerry) Brear of Pueblo West, Co. Grandfather of six and GG Paw to 17. Graduated from St. Louis University with a Commerce and Finance degree and was a CPA. Lee served in the Army Air Corps. in World War II rising to the rank of Captain. Before retiring in 1984, Lee was Chief Financial Officer for Sachs Electric, Sachs Properties and Sachs Holdings of Chesterfield, Mo. He served on many boards throughout his life, one of which was being on the Board of Mo. Baptist Hospital for 55 years. He was also a past President. of the Mo. Baptist Convention. He loved his church and his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and practiced his faith daily. He was an avid, life long Cardinals fan, loved to fish and traveled extensively throughout the world with Reba. Services: Funeral service at First Baptist Church of Ellisville, 137 Clarkson Road, Ellisville, Thursday, 10:00 a.m. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to MO Baptist Hospital Foundation, Children's Home Society or to the church. Visitation at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Wednesday 4-8 p.m. Friends may sign the family's on-line guestbook at Schrader.com.
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