Roosevelt L. Beck

Roosevelt Landon Beck (“RL”), 85, of St. Louis, Missouri, passed away on December 26, 2021, after a long battle with cancer.

RL was the seventh of ten children born to the late William Luther and Gracie Pearl Beck. He grew up in Ellington, Missouri, and graduated from Ellington High School in 1955.

At the age of 19, RL enlisted in the Army, serving three years as a radar repairman and three years in the Army reserves. While stationed in Cleveland, Ohio, he met his wife Charlotte, to whom he was married for 59 years.

As a teen, RL worked for a company called FACT Photo (n/k/a CPI). After his Army service, RL returned to the company as a photographic equipment technician.  RL operated CPI’s first same-day photo-finishing lab in Ohio and despite only having a high school education with some college courses, he worked his way up the company ladder and was eventually promoted to President of CPI’s Photo-finishing Division. He retired in 1995 after 33 years of service.

RL was a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals, college basketball (especially the Indiana Hoosiers and Louisville Cardinals), and country and western music. He had a passion for photography, travel and a good pun. After his retirement he volunteered with Therapeutic Horsemanship and enjoyed riding his horse, Buck.  Most of all he had a love for his family and was always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need. He will be missed by many.

RL is survived by his wife Charlotte; children Carla (Tom) Brown, Annette (Randall) Markarian, and Randy Beck; grandchildren Grace, Gabrielle and Gillian Markarian, and Landon and Elena Brown; siblings Doyle (Linda) Beck, Wanda (Steve) DeClue, Mary (Russ) Luecke, and Victor (Joan) Beck; sister-in-law Marie Beck; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services:

·         Visitation will be held at Ambruster Chapel, 6633 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63117 on Sunday, January 16, 2022, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. (with a memorial service at 4:00 p.m.).

·         Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, January 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at St Luke the Evangelist Church, at 7230 Dale, St. Louis, Missouri 63117, followed by a burial at Resurrection Cemetery, 6901 MacKenzie Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63123.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St Jude Children’s Hospital   or the American Cancer Society.

Due to Covid concerns, the family respectfully requests those wishing to attend services be vaccinated, wear masks and socially distance as much as possible. 

The family would also like to invite you to share your own photos and/or memories of RL on this page. Please submit your photos to AmbrusterChapel@yahoo.com.

To view shared photos, please click on the following link: Photo Album

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