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Mary E. Beckner

1911 - 2010

BORN

1911

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2010

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Mary Beckner Obituary

Mary E. Beckner, age 99, of Front Royal passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Winchester.

A funeral service will be conducted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. at Turner-Robertshaw Funeral Home with Pastors Bobby and Diann Whetzel officiating. Burial will follow in Shenandoah Memorial Park.

Mrs. Beckner was born on March 30, 1911 in Franklin County, a daughter of the late Edgar Picket and Cora Altice Mills. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She was a member of the Front Royal Church of the Brethren and had worked in the Slicing Department at FMC.

Mrs. Beckner is survived by her sons, Claude Beckner, Jr. of Strasburg, Aubrey Beckner and wife Mary of Canal Fulton, OH and Tyrone Beckner of Front Royal; her daughter, Bernice Guthrie of Chester; her grandchildren, Ed Beckner, Scott Beckner, Henry Guthrie, Sharon Guthrie, Lisa Valvo, Vicky Coffman, Douglas Beckner, Mark Beckner and Melissa Hannigan; her 14 great-grandchildren and her four great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Scott Beckner, Ed Beckner, Doug Beckner, Henry Guthrie, and Mark Valvo.

Personal condolences may be offered to the family online at www.turnerrobertshaw.com

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Published by Northern Virginia Daily from Dec. 26 to Dec. 27, 2010.

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June Nelson

December 29, 2010

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

Sonny & Janet Williams

December 28, 2010

Tony and family we are so sorry for your loss. She will be greatly missed.

Dick & Sandi Kirkland

December 28, 2010

Tony: No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. Our deepest condolences are with you as you grieve. Let us know if you need anything.

December 27, 2010

May gods message comfort you in this time of sorrow and sadness.
Ann & Charlie mills

Lloyd Derflinger

December 27, 2010

Sorry for the loss of a very nice lady; she was known to all who were from Riverton. Wimpy and Cathie

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