Dr. David A. Beale

Sharing my condolences several years late, but I am sorry for your loss. I am grateful for the time I spent with David when he was close with my mother. He exposed me to so many wonderful things like classical music, dusty old bookstores, and stories of cultural explorations galore when I was a young girl.

Uncle David was very present in our lives, the family of his sister Louisa Beale Stimpert. We lived in Seattle area briefly when David was a med student there. We were in Topeka 1959-1964 -- when David arrived, he assisted birth of our 5 beagle puppies, helped nurse me when I had pneumonia, and, to our delight, wed Estela.

Over the years, David kept up with our family, visiting us in OH, VA, DC, IL. And joined us when we started having annual reunions at Lake Geneva, WI. I will...

David was a great brother-in law. We always enjoyed his yearly visits and the annual Beale reunions. Whenever one of his four siblings had serious medical issues, David always flew across the country to offer comfort and support. He will be missed.

David was a dear friend to me when I lived in Topeka in the early 80's. He was one of the kindest, wisest, most compassionate people I've ever known. I know he was a much beloved figure in the Topeka community and will be sorely missed. My thoughts are with his family and his many friends.

When word came that David Beale was no longer among us, my family and I felt a deep loss hard to measure or describe. Dave was our close friend. We will never forget him. Our friendship began in the early 1980's. In 1991, When Susana and I returned to Topeka at dawn on the train from Los Angeles with our newborn son Bondy, Dave, who had already traveled to California to be present at Bondy's birth, was on the platform awaiting us. We were good friends.
Dave loved children, coffee, good...

I was very saddened to hear about David's passing. He was always kind and compassionate--so open-minded and accepting of others--and he had a truly remarkable and well-rounded intellect. He was my first "boss" at Menninger (1984), and I learned a great deal from him. David had such a positive influence on so many. I feel blessed to have known him and worked with him.

David Beale was a constant in my life ever since I was born. He sat at the front of the Synagogue at my Bar Mitzvah, he presented me with one of my first pets, and he even flew out to California to attend my birth. I never knew him as David; to me he was always Bomba Beale... He was a perennial guest at the family table, kind and knowledgeable, and even though I didn't always understand what he and my father were talking about, I was happy to sit by and listen to them banter the night away....

I will miss talking with David. He was a kind and thoughtfull person.