Mt Olivet CemeteryBlack Hawk County, IowaUploaded 8/28/2020 by
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[Email]Louis, Sept. 17, 1921 – April 30, 2012
Born in Cerro Gordo County, son of John and Luella Beecher. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from May 1942 through June 1946. He was a flight instructor at Perrin Field, Texas, before being assigned as a pilot and captain in the Troop Carrier Command with service in Africa, Egypt, Iran, India, Burma, China, Manchuria and French Indochina. Louis received the Air Medal for meritorious flight on Dec. 8, 1945, over the North China Sea. He remained in the U. S. Air Corps Reserve until 1959, retiring with the rank of captain.
He married Gertrude Murray on Nov. 17, 1943, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, New Hampton.
Siblings: Ronnie, LuAnn, Mary Jane, Bernard, Gerald and Edward
Gert, March 30, 1923 – Jan. 27, 2007
Born in Lawler, Iowa, daughter of George C. and Mary Siglin Murray.
Siblings: Marilou, Rose and Don
Parents of Michael, William,
Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary