Funeral services for Mr. Robert Austin Beck, age 72, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Beck passed away Saturday afternoon at his residence.

A son of the late Burdette and Jennie Koch Beck, he was a native of Belle Plaine, Iowa. He was one of the original team members from the Amana, Iowa facility to come to Fayetteville and establish Amana-Fayetteville. He retired from Amana after 30 years of service as a Quality Control Manager. He then founded Beck Enterprises to provide ISO-9000 consulting services to industry. Mr. Beck was a member of the Methodist church.

Survivors include his wife Mary Boswell Beck of Fayetteville, daughter Julia Ann Fowler and husband William of McDonough, GA, sons Scott Beck and wife Susan of Fayetteville, David Beck and wife Alesia of Gurley, AL, step-sons Michael Osgood and wife Jane, Gary Osgood, and Ronald Osgood and wife Tascha all of Fayetteville, 8 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, sisters Lillian Winslow and husband Louis of Belle Plaine, IO and Virginia Clardhan of Bloomington, IL, and brothers Donald Beck and wife Ruth of Hedrick, IO and James Beck and wife Jackie of Iowa City, IO. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Fosse.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lincoln Regional Hospital Home Health and Hospice.

Visitation with the family will be from 5-8 PM Sunday evening at Higgins Funeral Home.