THERESA BECK

December 7, 1955 - September 20, 2016

Theresa J. Beck, 60, of Kankakee, IL, died September 20, 2016 at Vitas Hospice at Franciscan St. James Hospital, Chicago Heights, IL. Visitation will be Friday, September 30, 2016 from 11:00 A.M. until time of funeral services at 12:00 P.M. at Lax Mortuary. Reverend Tyler Prude will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Theresa J. Beck was born December 7, 1955 in Mt. Vernon, IL to Willie McNeil and Rosie Todd McGinnis. She was a 1972 graduate of Mt. Vernon Township High School and was baptized at Pavey Chapel CME Church. She had a big heart, and enjoyed playing bingo. She was united in holy matrimony to Carlos Beck Sr. and worked as a Mental Health Technician at Shapiro Developmental Center, for 30 years. She leaves to cherish her memory, one son, Carlos Beck Jr. of Kankakee, IL; two daughters, Felicia McNeil and Velencia Beck, both of Kankakee, IL; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Rodney and Edith Petty and Willie Petty, all of Kankakee, IL; three sisters, Pamela Terrell-Holder of Minneapolis, MN, Lola Hetherington of Kankakee, IL and Melanie Morrow of Oklahoma City, OK; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one aunt, Audrey and Lee Kibler of Mt. Vernon, IL; two uncles, Arnold and Gayle Todd of Houston, TX and Michael and Susan Hamilton of St. Louis, MO; special friends, Paul Leach, Evelyn James-Betts and Teresa Brooks, all of Kankakee, IL, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother and father; one sister, Patricia McNeil; her maternal grandparents, Rosie Hamilton and Ollie Todd and her paternal grandparents, Rosebud McNeil and Theodore Herrod.