Helen Beckmann

WAUKESHA—Helen E. Beckmann, of Waukesha, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Virginia Health and Rehabilitation Center at 95 years of age.  She was born on December 31, 1912 in Waukesha to Dennis and Helen (nee:  Shaw) Murray.  On October 16, 1933 she married Clyde W. Beckmann.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where she was active with the Christian Women.  She devoted many years volunteering at Elmbrook Memorial Hospital from 1971 until 2002, R.S.V.P., Waukesha County Courthouse in the information systems booth and for 10 years at the Health Department working in the flu clinic. She will be sadly missed by her sons James (Nancy) Beckman and Fred Beckmann both of Waukesha, grandchildren Patty (Craig) Winebrenner, Linda (John) Rankin, John Beckmann, Tammy Grauer and Robert (Patty) Beckmann, great grandchildren Sara and Melissa Winebrenner, Michael and Amy Rankin, Danielle Grauer, Brittany, Trevor, Hailey and Hannah Beckmann.  She is further survived by her sister-in-law Doris Murray of Milwaukee, other relatives and friends.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Clyde in 1971, brothers James W., Paul and Robert Murray, sister Madeline Goodwin Rafoth, sisters-in-law Janet Murray and Dorothy Murray and brothers-in-law Bill Goodwin and Barth Rafoth. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 6 from 10:00 am until the 11:30 am Funeral Service at Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave., Waukesha, WI.  Graveside services will follow at Prairie Home Cemetery.  For further information, please call Randle-Dable Funeral, Cremation and Preplanning Services at (262) 547-4035, or go to www.waukeshafunerals.com for directions or to leave an on-line tribute.