| Daniel Begyn
Daniel F. Begyn, 76, of Andalusia, died Thursday, Dec. 2,
2004, at his home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church, Andalusia, with the Rev. Richard Barclift as the
celebrant. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Family Funeral Services,
Milan, with a Christian Wake Service at 7 p.m. Burial will be in St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Matherville.
He was born Feb. 11, 1928, in Preemption, son of Maurice and
Hermenia Janssen Begyn. He married Dorothy Burns on June 10, 1950, at
St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Matherville.
He was an operating engineer working out of the Union of
Operating Engineers Local 150, retiring in 1992. He helped establish the
Andalusia Volunteer Ambulance in 1975. He was a former road commissioner
of Andalusia Township. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was a member
of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Andalusia, and Union Local 150.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, Andalusia; children and
spouses, Kathleen Kerres-Armstrong and Ron Armstrong, Aledo, Carol and
Bud Schaeffer, Aledo, Clarissa and Chris Stark, Taylor Ridge, Daniel J.
and Nancy Begyn, Rock Island, Patrick and Kathleen Begyn, Taylor Ridge,
Michael and Janet Begyn, Milan, and Christopher Begyn, Andalusia; 18
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; daughters-in-law, Rhonda Begyn,
Andalusia, and Sandy Begyn, Taylor Ridge; brother, John Begyn, Milan;
sisters, Luella Taube, Milan, and Lillian DeSmet, Rock Island. He was
preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Louis Dominic Begyn; and a
son, Dennis Begyn.
(Rock Island Argus, December 4, 2004) |
