Frank L. Keszei Funeral Home, Essling Chapel, LaPorte, is handling the arrangements for Beulah Pych, 97, of LaPorte, Indiana, who passed away Sunday, September 23, 2018.
Beulah was born April 18, 1921, in New Rome, Wisconsin, to the late Darrell and Clara (Fairbert) Overturf.
On September 13, 1947, in Chicago, Beulah married Theodore F. Pych, who preceded her on October 21, 1971.
Beulah was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in LaPorte. Her focus in life was service to others, having been the caregiver in her early days to mothers and their children in Chicago, for her husband during his battle with cancer, and her son, James, after a tragic accident that resulted in him being a paraplegic. She dearly loved her children and grandchildren.
Beulah is survived by a daughter, Janet (Vince) Schultz of LaPorte, Indiana; three sons, Theodore A. Pych, Michael (Christine Snyder) Pych, and James Pych, all of LaPorte, Indiana; four grandchildren, Traci (John) Savio, Renee Brainerd, Erica (Philip) Kurien and Lindsey (Amar) Pych; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Harvey Overturf of Eagle River, Wisconsin.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Irene Smazal and June Scianna; and brothers, Kenneth, Wayne and Darrell Overturf.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, September 27, at Frank L. Keszei Funeral Home, Essling Chapel, LaPorte. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, September 28, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, LaPorte. Family and friends may gather at 9 a.m. Friday in the funeral home. Reverend William O’Toole will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, LaPorte.
Memorial contributions may be made to Dunes Hospice, 4711 Evans Ave., Valparaiso, IN 46383.
Messages of condolence may be posted below on WNLP as well as at www.esslingfuneralhome.com.