Myrna Beauchamp

Funeral services for Myrna Beauchamp were held on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Burke, SD, with Reverend Thaniel Certa-Werner officiating.

Music was provided by Twylah Ward, organist. Ann Anderson and Connie Schmitz were in charge of registration.

Casket bearers were Tyler Beauchamp, Jenaya Brengle, Paige Stewart, Darcy Muller, Chad Schmitz, Jarod Nicolaus, and Mike Jones.

Interment was in the Knollcrest Cemetery in Naper, NE. Clausen Funeral Home of Burke, SD, was in charge of arrangements.

Myrna Rae (Gosch) Beauchamp was born October 15, 1937, in the Burke Hospital to Corneilius and Anna (Ludemann) Gosch.

She grew up on the family farm west of Naper, NE and attended rural school District #60. She graduated from Naper High School in 1955 and attended Wayne State, earning a three-month teaching certificate. She taught rural schools for four years in the Boyd County area.

While growing up, the family attended Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jameson NE. She was baptized and confirmed there. On August 21, 1959 she married Donald Beauchamp and moved to the farm north of Herrick, SD. They divorced in 1993.

Myrna was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, canning and freezing what she grew. She enjoyed embroidery projects, often times placing her work in a wooden hoop. Who could forget receiving one of these creations made specially for them, stitched with love to honor a special occasion in their life? Through the years she held several jobs, including waitressing, cooking at the local hospital, home health care, and her favorite being a paraprofessional in the Burke School District. She was selected to be Homecoming Parade Marshal the year she retired. This was a great honor for her.

Myrna supported everything in her home communities of Burke, Herrick, and Naper; attending sporting events of every kind, the Burke Stampede, the Senior Center, volunteering at the Rummage Center, and helping at church. If there was something going on in the area, she was probably there. Being involved in the Herrick Legion Auxiliary and Rosebud Rancherettes was truly a passion for her and she was a lifetime member of both organizations.

She died Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in Bormann Manor in Parkston, SD, at the age of 86.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a special friend Jim Rue; brothers: John and wife Irene Gosch, and Albert Gosch; sisters-Elva and husband Al Nicolaus, Betty and husband Ervin Schochenmaier; nephews, Stanley Nicolaus, and David Gosch and a niece, Mary Lee Podhrasky.

She is survived by her four children: Kristie and husband Terry Leischner of Parkston, SD, Ralph of Parkston, SD, Neil and wife Laurie of Winner, SD, and Brian of Atlanta, GA; five grandchildren, Michael Leischner, Jenaya Brengle, Darcy Muller, Tyler Beauchamp and Paige Stewart; and nine great-grandchildren.