Funeral services for Myrna Rae Beauchamp will be held Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Burke. Burial will be in the Knoll crest Cemetery in Naper, Neb.
Myrna Rae (Gosch) Beauchamp was born Oct. 15, 1937 in the Burke Hospital to Corneilius and Anna (Ludemann) Gosch. She died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 in Bormann Manor, Parkston SD at the age of 86.
She grew up on the family farm west of Naper, NE and attended rural school District #60. She graduated from Naper High School in 1955 and attended Wayne State, earning a 3-month teaching certificate. She taught rural schools for four years in the Boyd County area.
While growing up, the family attended Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jameson NE. She was baptized and confirmed there.
On Aug. 21, 1959 she married Donald Beauchamp and moved to the farm north of Herrick, SD. They later divorced in 1993.
Myrna was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening and canning and freezing what she grew. She loved to work on embroidery projects, often times placing her creations in a wooden hoop. Who could forget receiving one of these creations made specially for them, stitched with love to honor a special occasion in their life? Through the years she held several jobs, including waitressing, cooking at the local hospital, home health care; and her favorite: being a paraprofessional in the Burke School District. She was selected to be homecoming parade marshal the year she retired. This was a great honor for her.
Myrna supported everything in her home communities of Burke, Herrick, and Naper. Attending sporting events of every kind, the Burke Stampede, the Senior Center, volunteering at the Rumage Center, or helping at church kept her busy. If there was something going on in the area, she was probably there. Being involved in the Herrick Legion Auxiliary and Rosebud Rancherettes was truly a passion for her and she was a lifetime member of both organizations.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a special friend Jim Rue; brothers-John and wife Irene Gosch, and Albert Gosch; sisters-Elva and husband Al Nicolaus, Betty and husband Ervin Schochenmaier; nephews, Stanley Nicolaus, and David Gosch and a niece, Mary Lee Podhrasky.
She is survived by her four children; Kristie and husband Terry Leischner and Ralph of Parkston, Neil and wife Laurie of Winner, and Brian of Atlanta, GA. There are five grandchildren, Michael Leischner, Jenaya Brengle, Darcy Muller , Tyler Beauchamp and Paige Stewart. There are nine great-grandchildren.
May Myrna be remembered as a woman who loved her Lord, her family and community.
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