Wanda M. Beach

Wanda M. Beach, 71, of Knob Creek Lane, Morganton, NC died Friday, April 7, 2006 at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory following a brief illness. Born in Gilbertsville, NY on November 9, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Adelbert and Grace Utter Filer. She served as an active volunteer with many organizations including Comma, Hospice, Beth-Adah, American Red Cross, A.A.R.P., and the Grace Hospital Guild of which she was a past president. She was a member and past officer of the Glen Alpine Woman’s Club. Wanda was a member of Glen Alpine United Methodist Church where she had served as a Sunday School teacher.

Surviving are her husband, Kenneth Beach of the home; daughters, Betsy Lynn Beach of Spindale, NC and Crystal Beach Rudd and her husband, William of Clay, NY; a son, William Kenneth Beach and his wife, Diana of Gulfport, MS; a brother, Carl Filer of Union Springs, NY; a sister, Esther Chandler of Hawley, PA; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at Glen Alpine United Methodist Church with the Reverends Frank Gordon and Mary Gordon officiating. The family will receive friends at the church for one hour before the memorial service. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to the Glen Alpine United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 576, Glen Alpine, NC 28628, Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690, or Burke County Emergency Medical Service, 200 Avery Avenue, Morganton, NC 28655.