Funeral service for Clifford J. Beguelin of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence, Kan. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.
Friends may call at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday.
A memorial service will be held later in Cape Girardeau.
Beguelin, 94, died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center.
He was born July 11, 1903, in Woodland, son of Edward C. and Cecile Combe Beguelin. He and Cecil Marie Griffeth were married May 11, 1926, in Lawrence. She died June 18, 1982.
Beguelin built, assembled and tuned pipe organs for Rueter Pipe Organ Co. of Lawrence. He later worked in sales and service for M.P. Moeller Pipe Organ Co. of Hagerstown, Md.
After retiring he built six pipe organs in his home. Beguelin was involved in several pipe organ restorations.
Survivors include a daughter, Carole Smith of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Daisy Dougan of Lawrence; and two grandchildren.
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