Ann Marie Beckman, 77, died December 15, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1931 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Donald R. and Helen (Hamilton) Wiley. She married Harold William Beckman December 2, 1950 at Oakley, Kansas. He died September 21, 1998. Mrs. Beckman was a liquor store owner at Oakley and an assembly line worker for Dolly Madison Bakery, Emporia. She was a Hartford, Kansas, resident from 1972 to 2004 when she moved to Burlington, Kansas. She moved to Great Bend in 2009. Mrs. Beckman was a member of the Prince of Peace Parish, Great Bend, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Emporia. She was a Girl Scout Camp Director and volunteer. Survivors include two sons: Robert Beckman, Chicago, Illinois; and Bill Beckman and wife Terena, Mount Sydney, Virginia; two daughters: Diane Moore and husband Harvey, Great Bend, Kansas; and Debra Powers and husband Ron, Brownwood, Texas; two sisters: Marilyn Sydow and husband, Norris, Comanche, Texas; and Donna Rae Stone and husband Robert, Roanoke, Virginia; three grandchildren: Darcy James, Chris Reid, and Sarah Reid; and four great-grandchildren. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m. and vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 18, 2009 at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Great Bend. Father Reginald A. Urban will be celebrant. Inurnment will be at a later date at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Hartford. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Golden Belt Humane Society, in care of the funeral home.