Dr. Thomas B. Beach
Dr. Thomas Barnes “Tom” Beach, 83, a former Stevens Point
resident, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at HopeWest Hospice in Grand Junction,
Colo.
A private memorial service will be held at Erikson Springs,
Colo., in the summer.
Offerings in his memory may be made to HopeWest Hospice,
3090B North 12th St., Grand Junction, CO 81506.
Callahan-Edfast Mortuary & Crematory in Grand Junction,
Colo., assisted with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at
www.callahan-edfast.com.
Mr. Beach was born March 9, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., a son of
the late Joseph and Isabelle Beach. At age 2, the family moved to Stevens Point
where he graduated from high school.
He was married to his wife, Arliss, in 1953.
He graduated from medical school at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1957.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1977. He had tours
of duty in Oakland, Calif.; Yokosuka, Japan; Bethesda, Md. (where he did his cardiology
fellowship); Portsmouth, Va.; London, England (where he was appointed captain
and fleet medical officer to Europe); and Jacksonville, Fla. (chief of medicine
at the Naval Hospital).
After Navy retirement, he ran the Family Practice Residency
Program at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla.
In 1994, he and his wife moved from Jacksonville to Grand Junction,
Colo., where he joined Western Slope Cardiology until he fully retired in 2004.
He was also a pilot and refurbished vintage cars.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Arliss; two children,
Diane (Geoff) Shuster and Douglas (Ruth) Beach; and five grandchildren.