To place an obituary, please include the information from the obituary checklist below in an email to . There is no option to place them through our website.Feel free to contact our obituary desk at 651-228-5263 with any questions. General Information: Your full name, Address (City, State, Zip Code), Phone number, And an alternate phone number (if any) Obituary Specification: Name of Deceased, Obituary Text, A photo in a JPEG or PDF file is preferable, TIF and other files are accepted, we will contact you if there are any issues with the photo. Ad Run dates There is a discount for running more than one day, but this must be scheduled on the first run date to apply. If a photo is used, it must be used for both days for the discount to apply, contact us for more information. Policies: Verification of Death: In order to publish obituaries a name and phone number of funeral home/cremation society is required. We must contact the funeral home/cremation society handling the arrangements during their business hours to verify the death. If the body of the deceased has been donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Bequest Program, or a similar program, their phone number is required for verification. Please allow enough time to contact them especially during their limited weekend hours. A death certificate is also acceptable for this purpose but only one of these two options are necessary. Guestbook and Outside Websites: We are not allowed to reference other media sources with a guestbook or an obituary placed elsewhere when placing an obituary in print and online. We may place a website for a funeral home or a family email for contact instead; contact us with any questions regarding this matter. Obituary Process: Once your submission is completed, we will fax or email a proof for review prior to publication in the newspaper. This proof includes price and days the notice is scheduled to appear. Please review the proof carefully. We must be notified of errors or changes before the notice appears in the Pioneer Press based on each day's deadlines. After publication, we will not be responsible for errors that may occur after final proofing. Online: All obituaries appear on TwinCities.com with a permanent online guestbook presence. If you wish to have the online presence removed, you can contact us to remove the guestbook online. Changes to an online obituary can be handled through the obituary desk. Call us with further questions. Payment Procedure: Pre-payment is required for all obituary notices prior to publication by the deadline specified below in our deadline schedule. Please call 651-228-5263 with your payment information after you have received the proof and approved its contents. Credit Card: Payment accepted by phone only due to PCI (Payment Card Industry) regulations EFT: Check by phone. Please provide your routing number and account number. Cash: Accepted at our FRONT COUNTER Monday – Friday from 8:00AM – 3:30PM Rates: The minimum charge is $162 for the first 10 lines. Every line after the first 10 is $12.20. If the ad is under 10 lines it will be charged the minimum rate of $162. On a second run date, the lines are $8.20 per line, starting w/ the first line. For example: if first run date was 20 lines the cost would be $164. Each photo published is $125 per day. For example: 2 photos in the paper on 2 days would be 4 photo charges at $500. Deadlines: Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the day requested. Deadline (no exceptions) MEMORIAM (NON-OBITUARY) REQUEST Unlike an obituary, Memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has passed. The rates for a memoriam differ from obituaries. Please call or email us for more memoriam information Please call 651-228-5280 for more information. HOURS: Monday – Friday 8:00AM – 5:00PM (CLOSED WEEKENDS and HOLIDAYS) Please submit your memoriam ad to or call 651-228-5280. Copied to Clipboard Charles Cordell BEAMAN Charles Cordell BEAMAN
BEAMAN Charles Cordell, Age 75, Passed away peacefully at home on August 22, 2024, after a 2 year battle with cancer. Chuck was born in Minneapolis on January 8, 1949. In 1966, Chuck joined the Navy and served two tours in Vietnam aboard the USS Dale. While serving he was initiated into the Brotherhood of the Shellbacks, of which he was quite proud. During his three-year deployment, he exchanged letters with his high school sweetheart, Mary K Anderson, and asked for her to marry him. Mary flew to San Diego, CA to meet Chuck's ship when it came into port and they were married three days later with rings Chuck had purchased overseas. After returning to Minnesota Chuck and Mary had 3 children Kathy (Gabe Saunders), Bob (Jennifer Rioux) and Michelle. Chuck worked for 30 years at Boustead Electric in Golden Valley before taking an opportunity to teach at Dunwoody College to pass along his knowledge of electric motor repair. Over the years, Chuck was involved in many volunteer activities from coaching youth football in Minneapolis and Willow Lane in Brooklyn Center, to working with the Vietnam Veterans Association at the Palmer Lake VFW to help gain recognition for the vets and awareness for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. In 2001, Chuck was widowed when Mary passed away unexpectedly. In 2003 Chuck met Linda Jones and her four children Jay, Jack (Lisa), Paula (Darrik) and Eric. They were married on October 30th, 2004 and continued to pursue their love of travel, motorcycling and spending time with their grandchildren, Joseph, Caleb, Leah, Megan, Ashley, Reilly, Finley and Hayes, along with their great-grandchildren, Sylas, Anja, and Leif. Chuck always admired how Linda would just jump on the back of the Harley and travel with him. Together they put on well over 200,000 miles riding the highways and byways of the country. Huge thank you to the Kasper and Iverson families for helping to keep Chuck on 2 wheels as long as possible. The doctors thought this positive mental activity helped him in his battle against cancer.
Chuck is preceded in death by his parents, Lorraine and Fred Beaman, wife Mary, brothers Fred, Vernon, Gordon, and James, and his sister Jo. He is survived by his sister Jeannine, children, step-children grandchildren, great grandchildren, and second wife, Linda. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, September 29th, from 1:00pm – 4:00pm at the Richfield Bloomington Eagles Club – 3208, 9152 Old Cedar Ave S., Bloomington, MN 55425.{/p/span} Honor with Flowers
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