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Kathy passed away on November 8, 2015 after being diagnosed with bladder cancer in February.
Kathleen Owens Beekman
Jan 11, 1947 – Nov 8, 2015
Major Kathleen O. Beekman, Flight Nurse, US Air Force Reserves Retired, M.S. Nursing, and retired Beavercreek Ohio School District Nurse left us to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Kathy is survived by son and daughter-in-law Major Brian and Kerri Gaymon Beekman of Oklahoma City, OK, daughter Katy Bain Beekman of New York, NY, grandchildren Jack Owens and Mary Alice Beekman, brother and sister-in-law James III and Vera H. Owens of Santa Barbara, CA, brother Bruce B. Owens of Caldwell, NJ, sisters Alice C. Owens and Mary Owens of Huntington Beach, CA, niece Melanie Owens, and nephew Jimmy Owens Jr. She was preceded by father James Owens Jr. and mother Ruth Bain Owens of Maywood, NJ. Her family will receive friends and loved ones at Tobias Funeral Home-Beavercreek Chapel, 3970 Dayton-Xenia Rd on Friday, November 13 at 11:00a-12:00p after which time full military honors will be rendered for interment in Dayton National Cemetery, 4400 W 3rd St, Dayton at 1:00p. A memorial service at Kirkmont Presbyterian Church, 3377 Shakertown Rd, Beavercreek will follow on Saturday, November 14 at 11:00a. In lieu of flowers, please make donations or send a children's gift box to Samaritan's Purse "Operation Christmas Child" at http://bit.ly/1OCwewP.
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Barbara Lee Ross (Bullough)
I'm saddened to read about Kathy's passing. I'd known her since Memorial School in Maywood. We reconnected last year through this web site and were looking forward to seeing each other at the reunion. I didn't know she was ill and was disappointed not to see her there. I have many memories of Kathy and will share two: 1) In junior high school, her ambition was to join the Peace Corps in Ethiopia as a nurse and meet Haile Selassie! She did fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse, but joined the Air Force instead of the Peace Corps. 2) She tutored me for the math portion of the SAT, patiently but unsuccessfully. (I'd be embarassed to reveal my score. I was always a word person and a math illiterate.) My condolences to Kathy's brother Jim (also our classmate) and to all her family and friends. Barbara Ross (Bullough)
Nicholas George Pavlik
I am saddened by this and and would like Jim and the Owens family to know what a great classmate she was in BHS. We had a bunch of classes together and I remember her well.She was a happy and kind girl. We had lots of laughs,especially in Biology. Rest in peace Kathy.
Arlene Susling
I was sad to hear about Kathy's passing. I have nothing but pleasant memories of her. She was a classmate I went all through school with and was in Girl Scouts with. Our mothers were on several Girl Scout committees together. We saw each other several times after graduation at the Maywood 4th of July festivities. I remember very clearly her desire to be a nurse and was so happy to learn she had fulfilled that dream. My condolences to brother Jim and the whole family.
Patrick Francis Gallagher
I remember Kathy very much with fond memories as we did have some classes together back MJHS and later at Bogota HS. In later years I found out that she became a Nurse and Enlisted in the Air Force . She actually went to Nursing school with a former friend of mine and my ex-wife's . My heart felt condolences go to her brother Jim and her husband and family