Donald Eugene Bean
Born: September 9th, 1930
Died: May 3rd, 1972
Obituary
Donald Eugene Bean, 41, Rochester, Minn., a former Burlington resident, died of cancer Wednesday, May 3, in the Rochester Methodist hospital. He had been ill for 11 years.
Mr. Bean was born Sept. 9, 1930, in Peoria, Ill., but moved to Burlington at the age of one. He graduated from Burlington high school and received his electrical engineering degree from Iowa State University in Ames in 1959.
He was employed by Boeing Aircraft in California, before moving to Rochester, Minn., where he worked for International Business Machines.
Mr. Bean married Merna Jean Brentz in Wapello Oct. 10, 1954.
Surviving; The wife; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Schultz, Burlington; one son, Robert, and one daughter, Leanne, both of Rochester; three brothers, Jack Bean, Mediapolis, Charles Bean, Kingman, Ariz., and Larry Bean, West Burlington; one sister, Mrs. Betty Jane Anderson, Burlington.
Graveside services only will be at 11 am Friday, Aspen Grove cemetery. Vine funeral home of Rochester is handling arrangements. A memorial has been established for the cancer fund.