grandchildren: Cory and Jessie, son-in-law Tommy, Sandy, Bob, Mike, Charlotte, Randy and Wendy
Welcome to the Beck family home page

1968 "The Way We Were"

 
Bob and Charlotte met in Texas  while he was stationed at Ft. Hood and she was a student at Baylor University. They moved to Michigan, Bob's home state, in 1968. Residing in Highland Township since 1978, their home is located in a rural area on the shore of a 38 acre lake. The extended family now includes four children, two sons-in-law,  a daughter-in-law,  and four  grandchildren.

 
Charlotte produces/hosts an AT&T cable program titled "Ain't That Cute". The show won two cable ICE award and the two Philo awards for the best instructional video for the midwest region which includes five states. Ain't That Cute is also the name of her business which is pattern design/ publishing/ marketing/seminars, also the name of her retail store. Involved in community and school affairs, she served 14 years elective office as a Library Board Director and several terms as a Board Of Review member and a variety of other positions on government boards. Captain of the Milford Homes Tour and past Exhibitor of the Year at the Michigan State Fair, Charlotte is now a judge and sponsors several fair activities. A genealogist, Charlotte researched and published her family history, a chronical of 36 family lines to the 1700's. Charlotte is currently writing a chronicle of the 48th Regiment NYS Volunteers during the Civil War. and hosts several web sites for genealogical research.  Among the clubs she is involved with are the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, American Sewing Guild, Huron Valley Genealogical Society, Phenomenal Women of the Web, Digital Women, International Webmaster Guild and the HTML Writers Guild. Her current passion is feeding her addiction to computer resources and publishing webpages.

Bob "The King"

Bob retired from his job as a senior supervisor of Quality Assurance at Detroit Diesel Corporation on June 1, 2001, having been with that company for 36 years. Since then, he continues to work for his company as a consultant. He attended Lawrence Institute of Technology and Wayne State University, majoring in Humanities. Involved in community activities, he has been the founder and president of the Tri-Lakes Homeowners Association for 17 years. For the past 25  years Bob has been the director of the Leonard Lake Bass Fishing Tournament. Among his many interests are a love for travel and FISHING as well as continuing his luck at Mississippi casinos.    Stay tuned...

Randy , age 19 Randy is a college student, still growing  at 6'5" tall. He has a passion for computers, role-playing and fantasy sports games and (what else) Ice Hockey. A league player for 10 years, he has played in All-Star games, and also played for the division championship at Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings. During the summer, he spends a fair amount of time swimming and fishing. Summers he works at a canoe livery. When he got his driver's license, he got a 1991 Camero t-top which he has worked into mint condition. Randy decided to continue his interest in auto mechanics by taking   college courses toward automotive engineering.  Friends, cars, girls and a cell phone - that's Randy ! Woohoo !
 

  Wendy

 
Wendy is 20, mother of Kindra age 3 1/2. These rare photos show her without computer in front of her and without Kindra in her lap, an extremely unusual sight.   Wendy and her husband Matt live in OKC where he is stationed with the Air Force.  

Mike age 26. He attended school at Central Michigan University. Since the age of 16 he has taught a variety of courses through community education as well as private computer training and troubleshooting. Formerly the District Manager of Training with Office Max, and with Kinkos. A specialist in desktop publishing, Mike has started his own company transferring video to DVD and publishin as well as a growing business in portrait photography. . Mike spends his free time watching sports and computing and broadcasting his internet radio station.  His company website is Studio Magic by Mike A fine young man with outstanding wit and humor!

Mike married Carissa Combs of Warren, Michigan on April 29, 2000.  They relocated to Michigan from their home in  Bethlehem, Georgia.  Baby Collin Michael  joined them in March 2003.  He is a delight to us all !  A happy baby, he is a happy little chatterbox !

Sandy

Jessica, Cory, Sandy, Tommy

 
Sandy lives in Lawrenceville, GA, married 17 years to Tommy. She is an office manager for a personnel management company and volunteers on the board of directors for the softball league. She also coaches travel league girls softball and takes her team all over Georgia. Tommy works at Home Depot and keeps things running smoothly with their busy schedules. Cory is 16 and he is a baseball player (he represented his team in the All-Star game), a beginning golfer and a NASCAR fan - his favorite team is the Atlanta Braves.  Cory is in the eleventh grade.  Jessica is 13 years old, and she is a VERY outgoing young lady, no detail too small to get her attention. Jessica is a powerful slugger in her  softball league, taking pitching lessons and a great catcher but she is the pitcher they all want to watch !!

A Poem by Jessica (at age 5)
Roses are red, violets are blue, Mimaw is beautiful, and so is you Papaw !

THE VACATION 2002

That summer Wendy, Kindra and I drove to Atlanta and scooped up Cory, Jessica and my nephew Harrison and took us all on vacation to Washington D.C. and Gettysburg, PA. We visited museums, monuments and battlefields and had a wonderful interesting trip ! We came back to Michigan for another month and then Bob, Mike and Randy flew back to Atlanta with them where Bob took a look at a home we had hoped to purchase in Alabama.

Harrison, Jessica and Cory at Gettysburg June 2002

Map of Leonard Lake

Chip - nuff said !

Texas Humor

Ain't That Cute Index

My Family Tree

Bob's Chili (Funny)

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