Memorials may be made to Fisher House Foundation, c/o Voluntary Service, VA Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Road, St. Louis, MO 63125. Beckel, III, Norman Francis, of Defiance, Missouri, died on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at the age of 56. Dear son of Norman Francis Beckel, Jr. and Marlene Anne Beckel (nee Shope), loving father of Laura (Anthony Fink) Beckel-Fink; dear brother of David (Carrie) Beckel, Debbie Beckel, and Carol Beckel; former husband of Crystal Beckel; loving uncle, nephew, cousin and friend. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Hazel and Norman F. Beckel, Sr., and Hazel A. and Marshal C. Shope.