Jack Wayne Beddow, 66, Brownsdale

Published 10:27 am Monday, July 8, 2013

Jack Wayne Beddow, 66, of Brownsdale, Minn., died on Friday, July 5, 2013, surrounded by the love of his family.

Jack Beddow

Jack was born April 1, 1947, in Forest City, Iowa, to Donald and Charlotte (Cooke) Beddow. In 1959, he moved with his parents to a farm north of Chester, Iowa. Farming was he and his dad’s greatest love. He attended school in LeRoy, Minn., and married Jolene Noe on Dec. 29, 1963, in Lime Springs, Iowa. They have two children, Jeffrey Scott and Jill Annette. They farmed in the Lime Springs and Chester area until 1986, when they both started work at Hormel Foods, retiring in 2011.

Jack was everyone’s “fixer.” There was nothing he couldn’t figure out a way to make work.

He enjoyed many trips out west with Jeff and Jill, and fishing on Lake of the Woods. When the grandchildren (six of them) came along, he had great joy in snowmobiling, biking and sleep overs at Grandpa and Grandma’s. He loved the hours spent with them. He and Jolene’s greatest enjoyment was snowmobiling “Up North” — Gunflint Trail, Aspen Lodge. Mark and his crew made it a great home away from home — The Trail Center, Hungry Jack Lodge, miles and miles of trails.

He was preceded in death by his father Don Beddow and mother-in-law Fern Noe. He will be sorely missed by his wife Jolene of Brownsdale, Minn.; son, Jeff (Judi) Beddow and children Justin, Josh, Jarod and Janell of Dodge Center, Minn.; daughter, Jill (Lee) Gooder and children Shelley and Zach; mother, Charlotte Beddow of Chester, Minn.; father-in-law, Harold Noe Sr. of Spring Valley, Minn.; brothers, Tom Beddow of Chester and Jim (Carmen) Beddow of Stewartville, Minn.; sister Deb Driscall of Kasson, Minn; in-laws Harold (Carrie) Noe Jr. of Cresco, Iowa, Bert (Joy) Noe of Rochester, Minn., Marolyn (Merlynn) Hetrick of Texas, Carolyn Eddy of Wyoming, Judy (David) Jacobson of Cresco and Jan (Bob) Behnken of South St. Paul, Minn.; and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews that always thought of him as their “Hero.”

Funeral services for Jack W. Beddow will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday July 9, 2013, at the Brownsdale United Methodist Church with the Rev. Sharon Goetzinger officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday July 8, 2013, at the Brownsdale United Methodist Church and will continue for one hour prior to the service on Tuesday. The family extends its sincerest thanks to the Mayo doctors and their wonderful care and the Austin Mayo Hospice. Memorials are preferred to the Brownsdale United Methodist Church. Condolences may be left on line at www.hindtfuneralhomes.com.