Al Beyer Jr., owner of Valley Honda and Sporting Goods store in Scottsbluff, (1960-85) passed peacefully on Feb. 29, 2012, surrounded his loving family in Pleasanton, Calif.
Al was born at the homestead in Box Elder Canyon near Maxwell on Jan. 24, 1924.
He served in World War II, hand gliding from England, parachuting into France and fighting from there to Berlin. After the war he built a home in North Platte and laid carpet and linoleum until a back injury sent him on the road selling cigarettes for L&M where he met the owner of Sporting Goods store and moved to Scottsbluff in 1958.
Al rode motorcycles all over the country, Canada and Mexico until his 70s, was a pilot and loved woodworking, hunting and fishing.
Al’s wife, B (Keeten); and son, Allen Paul, preceded him in death, as well as both parents; brother; and sisters, one being Alesa Jean Ziegler, of North Platte.
Al is survived by his sisters-in-law, Lue Scott, of North Platte, Corrine Mattson, of Mt. Holly, N.J., and Onnie Beyer (Wanda Carpenter), now of Pacific City, Ore.; also, by his daughter, Cathi Bobbitt, of Pleasanton, Calif.; daughter-in-law, Beverly (Gerlock) Heilbrun, of Gilbert, Ariz.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great great-grandchildren.
There will be an informal memorial service for Al in Scottsbluff at 2 p.m. on July 14 at the First Baptist Church, 3009 Avenue I. Burial will be at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 16, with military honors at Floral Lawn Cemetery in North Platte.
Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.