Eugene Earl “Gene” Beck, 85, Rochester, died at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

He was born April 29, 1939. On Dec. 9, 1967, he married Mary Ann Thorrington, who survives.

He also is survived by his daughter, Dora Ann Beck, North Manchester; and three sisters, Barbara Carter, Lemont, Ill., Vera Cash, Willington, Ill., and Emily Lund, Meadville, Pa.

Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester, is handling arrangements.