Obituary of Billie Beck

A celebration of life will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Scandia Hall in Junction City for Billie M. Whidden Beck of Eugene, who died Nov. 21 of cancer. She was 70.She was born Aug. 26, 1942, in Denver to John and Ardeth Haurigan. She married Bill Beck on Nov. 28, 1998, in Junction City.She graduated from Junction City High School and attended the University of Oregon for two years. She retired in 1997 from a long career as an executive secretary.Survivors include her husband; two sons, Ryan of Springfield and Cory of Oregon City; a daughter, Vonnie Mikkelsen of Tampa, Fla.; a brother, Randy Whidden of Springfield; a sister, Lynette Giles of Hood River; and six grandchildren.Inurnment will be at Rest Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements by Musgrove’s at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to the John and Ardeth Haurigan Endowment Fund at Junction City Education Together.