Roxanne Beck , age 70 of Osceola, NE, died Wednesday, January 7, 2026 in Osceola. She was born April 26, 1955 as a gift from God to Eugene (Smokey) and Donna Gonnerman. She enjoyed her childhood of growing up on a farm by Benedict, NE, with her two sisters, Pete and Julie, and her brother, Scott. Roxy graduated from Benedict High School and the Grand Island School of Business. Roxy’s first taste of independence came with her first job working for Woodmen Insurance Company in Lincoln, NE. Roxy married Michael D. Beck on December 22, 1975. On August 10, 1988 they had a son Adam Lewis Beck. Roxy became a widow and single parent on September 19, 1994 when Mike was killed in a tractor accident in Surprise, NE.
Over the years Roxy has owned two businesses, “M & M Carpentry” and “An Angel A Day”. She has been a school cook, worked in the Surprise and Benedict Post Offices, and has been a Medication Aide at Ridgeview Heights Assisted Living. Roxy was a church secretary at the Benedict Lutheran Church and the last job she had before retiring was the church secretary at Faith Lutheran Church in York, NE.
Survivors are Adam Beck and family, Scott Gonnerman and family, Julie Salsman and family, and brother-in-law Marvin Walbrecht and family. Preceding her in death are her parents, grandson Colt Beck, sister Pete Walbrecht, and sister-in-law, Barbara Gonnerman.
Memorial services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 17, 2026 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waco, NE. Private family inurnment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Gresham, NE. Roxanne has been cremated. There is no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waco.