Dr. Charles Lawson "Todd" Beck

1895 - 1964  (68 years)

• Name	Charles Lawson "Todd" Beck
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	17 Apr 1895	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199291290
  Name	Todd Beck
  Occupation	dentist
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Student
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1964	55 Lydia St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-92044
  Died	8 Feb 1964	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I92044	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles Frederick Beck,   b. 15 Feb 1850, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1943, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ellen Barber,   b. Feb 1855, , Wales, United Kingdom ,   d. 29 Dec 1921, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1876	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F13631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen May Johnston,   b. 30 Sep 1898,   d. 1 Mar 1983  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1931	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Helen Elizabeth "Becky" Beck,   b. 8 Mar 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 2022, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F301915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Beck, K-W Dentist, Dies at 68 Dr. Charles L. (Todd) Beck. 68, of 55 Lydia St., a dentist in the Twin Cities for 40 years, died today at St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Beck of Blair, and a cousin of the late Sir Adam Beck, one of the founders of Ontario Hydro. His first employer was the old department of railways and canals. He had to snowshoe for three weeks to get to his job at Point Nelson from the end of the railway line. He stayed there for three years and left in 1918 to enter the Toronto University dental college. He was valedictorian of his graduating class in 1923 and began his practice in Kitchener the same year. Dr. Beck was a past president of the Inter-County Dental Association, a member of the Percy Lake Hunt Club, Haliburton, the Waterloo County Game and Fisheries Association, the Waterloo County Historical Society and Highland Road, Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Helen M. Johnston whom he married in Toronto in 1931; a daughter, Mrs. A. R. (Helen Elizabeth) Stover of Tillsonburg: a sister, Mrs. E. B. (Edith) Jost of Montreal, and one grandchild. A brother Joseph and three sisters, Gertrude, Elizabeth and Mrs. S. H. (Nona) Pryce, predeceased him. The body is at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home where the service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday by Rev. W. L. Pierce. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sat, Feb 8, 1964 Page 21

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 14. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Charles Lawson Beck Born: 17 Apr 1895 County: Waterloo Father: Charles Beck Mother: Sarah Barber [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 13. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. Beck/ in loving memory of/ Charles Lawson Beck D.D.S./ Apr. 17, 1895-Feb. 8, 1964/ his beloved wife/ Helen May Johnston/ Sept. 30, 1898-Mar. 1, 1983/ this too will pass [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 9 Nov 1876. 01 Nov 1876 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, Charles F. Beck of Doon was married to Sarah E. Barber of Puslinch.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Apr 1895 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1931 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Feb 1964 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth