Florence Margaret Beckman Toboz 'Becky'

Florence Margaret Beckman Toboz (Becky) died peacefully in her sleep on August 24 2014, after an extended illness.

She was born in Erie on August 10, 1923 to William and Florence (Schutter) Beckman, the youngest of three daughters.

She married William Toboz and they had three children, Richard, Susan and Carolyn.

She graduated from Strong Vincent High School and Hamot Hospital School of Nursing, served in the US Navy in Asbury Park NJ and Brooklyn NY as a Rehab nurse for injured serviceman. She worked as a nurse in City Hospital, and for United Cerebral Palsy before becoming a Public Health Nurse for the State of PA. She continued her education in the mid 1970s becoming one of the first Pediatric Nurse Practitioners in NW PA.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her eldest sister, Jean Beckman. She will be missed by her three children, three grandchildren, Richard and David Toboz and Joshua Bowand her elder sister Doris Fessler and step-son William Toboz Jr.

Family and friends are invited to call on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 from 11-1 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 649 Park Ave., Meadville, where Funeral services will be held at1:00 PM with Rev. Benjamin Travis, Pastor, officiating.

Following Military Honors by VFW Post #2006, Becky will be laid to rest next to her husband, William, in Blooming Valley Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Crawford County, 464 Pine St., Meadville, PA 16335 or Shriners Hospital of Erie, 1645 W. 8th Street Erie, PA 16505.

Arrangements are under the direction of Stephen P. Mizner Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 404 Chestnut St., Meadville.

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