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Lawrence Beyke Obituary
Born: December 29, 1943
Died: February 3, 2025
Lawrence Joseph "Joe" Beyke, 81, passed away on February 3, 2025. Joe was born December 29, 1943, to Marvin and Vilena (Sutliff) Beyke, in Aurora, Illinois. Joe married his high school sweetheart, Donna Neill, on October 6, 1962. He is a 1961 graduate of Marmion Military Academy. He is a retired Aurora, Illinois Police Officer.
Joe is survived by his wife Donna, daughters Michal Ann Beyke, and Gina (Michael) Read, grandsons Joseph and Connor, granddaughter, Donovan, sisters Barbara (Scott) Theede and Bonnie (Jerry) Wills, in-laws Sharron Burke, Shaela (Norm) Arrowsmith, Cindy Butler, Dan (Lynn) Neill, Doug (Lynn) Neill, several nieces and nephews, and all of his many friends from Aurora and new friends from Sandwich.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Bert Martin, baby brother James, grandparents Hiram and Kitty Sutliff and Bonifas and Dora Beyke, his mother-in-law, Marilyn Hoffman, father-in-law, Don Neill, brothers-in-law Dave Neill, Jim Burke, Vern Butler, and several nephews.
Private services will be held on February 7, 2025. Donations may be made to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Sandwich, or St. Vincent de Paul/St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Arrangements were entrusted to Beverage Family Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.beveragefamilyfh.com
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Compassus Hospice
June 10, 2025
Thinking of you with heartfelt condolences
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Jack cunningham
February 17, 2025
Rest in Peace my friend
James E Ploger
February 15, 2025
Sorry for your loss. Brings a lot of memories from our High school days. WOW did we have some good times
Carl and Jeanne ivanyi
February 14, 2025
So sorry to hear if Joe´s passing my deepest sympathies to you Donna and your family .
Carl and Jeanne Ivanyi
Sharon (Sherry ) Guutierrez Hickey
February 14, 2025
Dear Donna, I am so sorry for the loss of Joe. I remember seeing him after he retired, at your home in Sandwich, before AI retired to Sparta, Tn. I am pretty sure one of my friends Steve Henderson use to work with Joe. It great that he had many good years of retirement. My heart and love are with you dear sweet cousin. My prayers are with you. Hugs and comfort and remember all he great years you had. Sherry (Gutierrez) Hickey
Dale & Nancy Christoffel
February 14, 2025
Donna & Family,
So sorry to hear of Joe's Passing. It was a pleasure knowing and working with Joe.
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.
February 13, 2025
Joe was a tremendous asset to the teachers at East High. He was a good policeman, good staff person and was fair to our students. Best wishes to his family.
Jenn Bieritz Nilles
February 13, 2025
I'm a graduate of East Aurora High School, and other than my Spanish teacher, the person I remember most from school was Officer Beyke. He was such a positive example of law enforcement! I can only imagine your grief, but I hope your memories will provide comfort in the days to come.
Lou Popp
February 13, 2025
My sympathies to the Beyke family,,RIP Joe
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