Fred Beggs

Fred R.Beggs, 60, of McPherson and formerly of Red Cloud, NE, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at Via Christi-St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He was born April 10, 1947, at Winfield, Kansas, the son of Richard P. and Ovella (Hawkins) Beggs. On April 2, 1966, at Oxford, Kansas, he was united in marriage to Donna E. Prather. He was a truck driver for Cenex Harvest States and Farmland Industries.

Fred graduated from Oxford High School in 1965. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, McPherson.

The funeral service will be at 10:30 AM, Monday, May 14, 2007, at the First Baptist Church, McPherson with Rev. Les Catnrell officiating. Burial, with military honors, will be at 2:30 PM, Monday, at the Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Kansas. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday, May 13, 2007, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Stockham Family Funeral Home with the family present from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.

Survivors include: his wife, Donna of the home; daughters, Michelle Hobson of McPherson, KS and Marsha Wilson of Hastings, NE; mother, Ovella Beggs of Winfield, KS; sisters, Marcella Schultz of Hutchinson, KS and Margaret Smith of Winfield, KS; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father and a son, Richard.

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