LHA Uriah Leftwich Line.
Donald Wayne Beckstrom, age 63, answered the Lord's call on October 23, 2008 at his residence in Virginia Beach, VA. He was born July 1, 1945 in Arlington, VA. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Phyllis B. Beckstrom.
He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Leslie Beckstrom and one niece, Donna Lynn Helmintoller. He is survived by his mother, Eloise Alcock Beckstrom of Lynchburg, VA; his sister Frances Ann Beckstrom Helmintoller and her husband Stanley of Evington, VA; his nephew, Scott Wayne Helmintoller and his children JD, Christopher and Emma of Evington, VA; his niece Holly Dee Helmintoller Choo and her husband Joseph of Evington, VA and his sister-in-law Debra Black of Concord, VA.
He found his calling early as a radio announcer by building his own radio transmitter and broadcasting music and patter around the neighborhood in Norfolk, VA. He soon found employment with Christian Broadcasting Network as one of their first radio announcers for WXRI in the early sixties. He was an announcer and talk-show-host in Lynchburg, VA with WLGM/WJJS and subsequently moved to Virginia Beach at WVAB; Pittsburgh, PA; Suffolk, VA WFOG and lastly at WNIS in Norfolk, VA as a newscaster.
Interment was at the historic Forest Baptist Church cemetery, Two Church Lane, Forest, VA., on Monday, October 27, 2008.
The Dance
Looking back on the memory of
the dance we shared, beneath the stars above.
For a moment all the world was right,
how was I to know that you'd ever say good bye?
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Holding you, I held everything,
for a moment, wasn't I the king?
If I'd only known how the king would fall
hey who's to say, you know I might have changed it all.
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Donald Wayne Beckstrom, age 63, answered the Lord's call on October 23, 2008 at his residence in Virginia Beach, VA. He was born July 1, 1945 in Arlington, VA. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Phyllis B. Beckstrom.
He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Leslie Beckstrom and one niece, Donna Lynn Helmintoller. He is survived by his mother, Eloise Alcock Beckstrom of Lynchburg, VA; his sister Frances Ann Beckstrom Helmintoller and her husband Stanley of Evington, VA; his nephew, Scott Wayne Helmintoller and his children JD, Christopher and Emma of Evington, VA; his niece Holly Dee Helmintoller Choo and her husband Joseph of Evington, VA and his sister-in-law Debra Black of Concord, VA.
He found his calling early as a radio announcer by building his own radio transmitter and broadcasting music and patter around the neighborhood in Norfolk, VA. He soon found employment with Christian Broadcasting Network as one of their first radio announcers for WXRI in the early sixties. He was an announcer and talk-show-host in Lynchburg, VA with WLGM/WJJS and subsequently moved to Virginia Beach at WVAB; Pittsburgh, PA; Suffolk, VA WFOG and lastly at WNIS in Norfolk, VA as a newscaster.
Interment was at the historic Forest Baptist Church cemetery, Two Church Lane, Forest, VA., on Monday, October 27, 2008.
The Dance
Looking back on the memory of
the dance we shared, beneath the stars above.
For a moment all the world was right,
how was I to know that you'd ever say good bye?
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Holding you, I held everything,
for a moment, wasn't I the king?
If I'd only known how the king would fall
hey who's to say, you know I might have changed it all.
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
LHA Uriah Leftwich Line.
Donald Wayne Beckstrom, age 63, answered the Lord's call on October 23, 2008 at his residence in Virginia Beach, VA. He was born July 1, 1945 in Arlington, VA. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Phyllis B. Beckstrom.
He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Leslie Beckstrom and one niece, Donna Lynn Helmintoller. He is survived by his mother, Eloise Alcock Beckstrom of Lynchburg, VA; his sister Frances Ann Beckstrom Helmintoller and her husband Stanley of Evington, VA; his nephew, Scott Wayne Helmintoller and his children JD, Christopher and Emma of Evington, VA; his niece Holly Dee Helmintoller Choo and her husband Joseph of Evington, VA and his sister-in-law Debra Black of Concord, VA.
He found his calling early as a radio announcer by building his own radio transmitter and broadcasting music and patter around the neighborhood in Norfolk, VA. He soon found employment with Christian Broadcasting Network as one of their first radio announcers for WXRI in the early sixties. He was an announcer and talk-show-host in Lynchburg, VA with WLGM/WJJS and subsequently moved to Virginia Beach at WVAB; Pittsburgh, PA; Suffolk, VA WFOG and lastly at WNIS in Norfolk, VA as a newscaster.
Interment was at the historic Forest Baptist Church cemetery, Two Church Lane, Forest, VA., on Monday, October 27, 2008.
The Dance
Looking back on the memory of
the dance we shared, beneath the stars above.
For a moment all the world was right,
how was I to know that you'd ever say good bye?
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Holding you, I held everything,
for a moment, wasn't I the king?
If I'd only known how the king would fall
hey who's to say, you know I might have changed it all.
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Donald Wayne Beckstrom, age 63, answered the Lord's call on October 23, 2008 at his residence in Virginia Beach, VA. He was born July 1, 1945 in Arlington, VA. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Phyllis B. Beckstrom.
He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Leslie Beckstrom and one niece, Donna Lynn Helmintoller. He is survived by his mother, Eloise Alcock Beckstrom of Lynchburg, VA; his sister Frances Ann Beckstrom Helmintoller and her husband Stanley of Evington, VA; his nephew, Scott Wayne Helmintoller and his children JD, Christopher and Emma of Evington, VA; his niece Holly Dee Helmintoller Choo and her husband Joseph of Evington, VA and his sister-in-law Debra Black of Concord, VA.
He found his calling early as a radio announcer by building his own radio transmitter and broadcasting music and patter around the neighborhood in Norfolk, VA. He soon found employment with Christian Broadcasting Network as one of their first radio announcers for WXRI in the early sixties. He was an announcer and talk-show-host in Lynchburg, VA with WLGM/WJJS and subsequently moved to Virginia Beach at WVAB; Pittsburgh, PA; Suffolk, VA WFOG and lastly at WNIS in Norfolk, VA as a newscaster.
Interment was at the historic Forest Baptist Church cemetery, Two Church Lane, Forest, VA., on Monday, October 27, 2008.
The Dance
Looking back on the memory of
the dance we shared, beneath the stars above.
For a moment all the world was right,
how was I to know that you'd ever say good bye?
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Holding you, I held everything,
for a moment, wasn't I the king?
If I'd only known how the king would fall
hey who's to say, you know I might have changed it all.
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end, the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
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