Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Linfielder John Beck and JoAnn (Yoder) Beck celebrate 60th wedding anniversary


--Jan. 19, 2020, Sunday Oregonian, includes this celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Linfielder John Beck and his wife JoAnn (Yoder) Beck. It says John, a 1956 grad of Canby Union High School, where he was a standout athlete, attended Linfield and, later, became basketball coach and athletic director at Oregon’s Mt. Angel College. 

--July 29, 1966, Catholic Sentinel of Portland, story about six new staff members of Mt. Angel College in Mt. Angel, Ore. One of them is John Beck "who graduated from Mt. Angel college this year, and will be director of student activities."

--Dec.2, 1966, Catholic Sentinel of Portland, story about Mt. Angel College "Falcons" men's basketball and its coach John Beck.

--Fall 2004 alumni newsletter of Crater High School, Central Point, Ore., includes an item about one of John and JoAnn Beck's son, John. It says that the father of John, also named John, was Mt. Angel College baseball and basketball head coach "and a high school teacher and coach at Woodburn."