FRANCES J. BEEL

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Frances Jane Beel of Marble Hill was held Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold. The Revs. Lewis Hejna and Michael Casteel officiated, with burial in the church cemetery.

Liley Funeral Home at Marble Hill was in charge of arrangements.

Beel, 82, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 1992, at Advance Nursing Center.

She was born Nov. 18, 1909, at Leopold, daughter of George and Cecilia Thele Elfrink. She and Robert Beel were married Oct. 19, 1938. He died Feb. 23, 1979. Beel was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Advance, and its Parish Council of Catholic Women.

Survivors include a son, Virgil Beel of Marble Hill; a daughter, Cecilia Wilton of Advance; a brother, Hubert Elfrink of Frontenac; two sisters, Jane Clark of Overland, Mary Trankler of St. Peters; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers.