DOROTHY DENHAM

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Dorothy Beck Denham, 85, of Metropolis died Friday, Sept. 12, 1997, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Metropolis.

She was born Dec. 20, 1911, in Mounds, daughter of Henry and Ruth Atherton Stern.

Denham was a clerk with the Illinois Department of Employment Security Office in Cairo. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mounds, Mounds Women's Club, and was a former chairperson of Pulaski County Chapter of American Cancer Society.

Survivors include two sons, Robert Beck of Metropolis, Ronald Beck of Chicago; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds after 5 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Kern officiating. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds.