March 29, 2024

Paul E. Beegle, 92, Letart Falls Community, passed away at 12:36 a.m. Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at his home. Born January 19, 1925 in the Dorcas community of Meigs County he was the son of the late Charles and Mae Weaver Beegle. He was retired after 30 years of service as the Administrative Manager Controller at the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation in Belpre, Ohio. He was an Army veteran of WWII and a member of the Racine United Methodist Church, Racine American Legion Post #602 and was a Master Mason of the Pomeroy-Racine Lodge #461 of Free & Accepted Masons of Ohio. He married Helen Eileen Shields on May 26, 1948 in Letart Falls and she preceded him in death on March 19, 2017.

Paul is survived by his daughter, Melanie Hann, Letart Falls, his granddaughter, Nicole (Ron) Michaelson, Union, Kentucky and great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Evan and Davis Michaelson. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his son, Mark Beegle, granddaughter, Jessica Hann, his twin sister Pauline, sisters, Lucy Beegle, Frankie McKelvey, Fern Gaul, Betty Carpenter, brothers, Roy Beegle, Ed Beegle, Charles Clifford “Doley” Beegle and Harry Beegle.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2017 in the Racine United Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Bill Marshall. Interment will be in the Letart Falls Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday. Joint military graveside services will be conducted by Racine American Legion Post #602, Tuppers Plains Post #9053 of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Middleport Feeney-Bennett Post #128 of the American Legion. Paul’s services are entrusted to the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Paul’s memory to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Tri-State Chapter, 4370 Glendale Milford Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Attention: Department 4, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001