Lowell Henry Beckman, the son of William Henry and Callie (Shankel) Beckman, was born March 22, 1926, in Westboro, Missouri. He attended Westboro High School, graduating in 1944. After High School he attended Tarkio College until he decided to join the Navy to serve his country overseas in WW2.

After the war Lowell came home and he met the love of his life Betty Ellyn Dragoo and on March 23, 1947, Lowell and Betty were united in marriage. They became the parents of five children, Micheal Lowell, Douglas Martin, (twins) Phillip Allen and Phyllis Ellyn and then later on in life, Jill Leigh. They had just celebrated 69 wonderful years together.

In May of 1949, Lowell entered the United States Navy and proudly served his country for 30 years, receiving his early honorable discharge in June of 1974. In 1962 during his service in the Navy he served on a destroyer as a Chief Petty Officer in special communications. In 1964 he was commissioned to the Pentagon in Washington D.C., then to a ship in Norfolk, Virginia for three years before returning to work in the Pentagon. Lowell was commissioned with the Joint Chiefs of Staff supervising complex computerized message processing with outstanding results and was awarded the MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL from the President of the United States. During this time his middle son Douglas Martin was killed in action in the Vietnam War.

Following his honorable discharge in 1974, they made their home in Orlando, Florida, where Lowell owned and operated Beckman Company. In 1986, they returned home to Tarkio, Missouri, where he farmed the Beckman family farm in Westboro. In 1990, Lowell and Betty moved to the farm in Westboro until ill health forced their move back to Tarkio. Lowell passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at SSM Health St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, Missouri, at the age of 90.

Lowell was a member of the First Baptist Church, Tarkio.

Besides his parents, Lowell was preceded in death by sons, Doug Beckman and Dr. Micheal Beckman; sisters, Phyllis and Lillias Beckman; and brother, Billy Beckman. Survivors include wife, Betty, Maryville; sister-in law, Mary Lou Broermann and husband, Gene; sister-in law, Doris Ann Stanton; son, Phil Beckman, Orlando; daughters, Phyllis Brown and husband, Lyle, Rock Port, Missouri, and Jill Caudill and husband, Bryan, Tarkio; grandchildren, Kristy Noland and husband, Donny, Jeff Beckman, Daniel Beckman and wife, Nichole, Jason Baugh and Laura, Megan Culver, Melissa Culver, Amanda Culver and Emmy Laur; step-grandchildren, Kecia Caudill, Emilee Caudill, Grace Caudill, Makenna Caudill; numerous great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services: 11:00 A.M., Monday, March 28, 2016, First Baptist Church, Tarkio.
Interment: Home Cemetery, Tarkio.
Open visitation begins 12:00 Noon, Sunday, March 27, Davis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M., Monday, March 28, First Baptist Church, Tarkio, prior to the service.
Memorials: Disabled American Veterans
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com
Services: Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio, Missouri.