Robert Thomas Beck
Opening Comments: Pastor
Greet the Family Christy and friends
Reading of Obituary: Katie May
Robert Thomas Beck
Robert (Bob) Beck, age 82, of Pickerington, OH, passed away on January 8th, 2026, surrounded by his loved ones.
Bob was born on October 21st, 1943, in Des Moines, IA to Sherman and Pearl Beck. He grew up in Des Moines with his three older brothers and older sister. He found a great career with United Airlines, where he met the love of his life in Los Angeles, CA and started a family.
He will be remembered for his kindness and generosity, his big contagious smile and his silly sense of humor. He had so much love for his family and friends and especially his cats. He never missed an Iowa Hawkeyes football game if he was close to a T.V.
Bob is survived by his daughter Christy and her fiancé Justin; his six grandchildren, Justin, Katie, Bekah, Ethen, Daylin, and Devin; and three great-grandkids, as well as many more family members and wonderful friends he met along his journey.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Sharon Beck; daughter, Robin Naples; and his four older siblings, Lee Morris Beck, Fred Beck, Jack Beck, and Cheryl (Beck) Morris.
Comments by: Bekah Tarantino
Message by: George L Morris Jr
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Family
Bible uses the word “suka” to describe mankind.
In the Greek/Hebrew, it mean The mind(I think), The will (I do), and The emotions (I feel).
On a day like today, we come together to recognize Robert(Bob) as he has entered into his final rest. We do this with great emotion. The shortest verse in the Bible is “Jesus Wept”. The scripture allows us to mourn over those who have gone before us. Robert’s testimony is one of gratitude for his blessings. He will be missed.
Matthew 23:37 …how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings…
As we gather here today, as a family, God wants to put his arms of love and compassion around us to console us in our grief.
“This is what family does, we are there for one another, we are all God’s family.
Time
Time – What is Time
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Colossians 4:5-6 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Change: It has been said that time is the characteristic of change. We know time has passed by the changes that it develops in its path.
We see change in music.
We see change in clothing.
We see change in automobiles.
We see change in our bodies.
We see change in churches: and the list goes on.
The greatest change we will see one day is our address change.
One day, we will be moving into a brand new place.
Home
Household as Family Unit
HEBREW bayith
בּיִת frequently designates the persons who live within a house, whether relatives or servants. Abram armed the “318 trained men born in his household” when he rescued Lot (Genesis 14:14).
Centuries later Joshua declared, “As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).
In both texts the term binds together people who share covenantal identity and destiny.
Proverbs 3:33 contrasts two kinds of houses—“The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the dwelling of the righteous”—showing that a household inherits either judgment or blessing according to its relationship with God.
John 14:3 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Billy Gram ended each of his crusade meeting with this prayer. Would you join me in saying it out loud together, believing it as we pray.
Dear God,
I know that I am a sinner.
I am sorry for my sins, and I want to turn from them.
I believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son, and I believe He died for my sins and that You raised Him to life.
I invite you to come into my heart and to take control of my life.
I want to trust Jesus as my Savior and follow Him as my Lord from this day forward.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.