Michaele Maureen “Mikie” McGill Beckerle
Michaele Maureen “Mikie” McGill Beckerle of Saint Louis, Missouri was born December 15, 1944, the daughter of Thyra Pauline Snider and John Crawford McGill. She passed from this life on July 19,2019 at her home, age of 74.
Mikie graduated from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood,Missouri and worked for some time at WIL radio in STL. She married Paul Gene Warner, St. Louis, Mo., in November 1968 and they were blessed with three children. Later in her life, December 28,1996, Mikie married Gene Beckerle, St. Louis , MO. Mikie was a mother first and then a business woman, owning River Country Bed and Breakfast, a reservation service for B & B’s.She will be deeply missed by her surviving family; two sons, Peter Winthrop Warner and wife Amy, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Thompson Douglas (Tom) Warner , O’Fallon, Missouri and daughter, Emily Michaele Warner of St. Louis, Missouri; 4 grandchildren, Breyanna Marie Valle, Isabella Rose Warner, Jacob Eugene Hudson and Kellan Royce Warner, two great-grandchildren, Saniya Harmony Rice and Quincy Lee Tate; one sister, Thyra Ann Streib and husband Phil, Fredericktown, Missouri, one brother, John McGill and wife Virgie, Bourbon, Missouri and numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins. Mikie was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Beckerle, her parents, a baby sister, Sharon Rue and her big brother, Tom McGill.Mikie’s family extends an invitation for those interested to attendA Celebration of Life honoring her.The event is scheduled forAugust 3, 2019, 1 pm at Kirkwood Park.We will gather in slots 14-16.She loved the beach and the color pink, so feel free to wear your beach hat, flip-flops and something pink if you wish! Those close to her know she loved a party!
Formal services will be scheduled laterat Oak Hill Cemetary,( beside her mother)McGill Family Cemetary in Maud, OK ( beside her brother)and along the beach in Sarasota, Florida.We will all miss you!!!!!!!
Mikie suddenly popped in my head moments ago and I went to the computer to see if she was still living at her St. Louis address, of which I was going to try to contact her. Finding that she had passed away has come to a shock for me. Just weeks ago my mother found a photo of Mikie and I when we were dressed up in costumes during the Christmas Candlelight event in Kimmswick MO, when we both worked at the visitor center years ago. I’ve been living in Wyoming for the past three years and recently returned home for a visit, hence my discovery. I’m saddened that Mikie and I lost touch over the years prior to my relocation. She was a fantastic dear lady who always put others first, she was very eccentric and I was always blown away by her intelligence. And funny! She was so funny! I’ll never forget when she taught me her definition of “How nice”, if and when she would ever use those two words, so I would know exactly what she was saying. Needless to say that will be something I will keep to myself here, and of course something I will never forget. Mikie, I hope somehow you can read my mind here when I say you have remained someone that I would always think about from time to time, wondering how you are and what you are doing. Now I know. You will remain one of my most favorite people from years past. Journey in peace my dear friend.
Sorry I didn’t make it to the service Mikie, I *did* try, but I just couldn’t get a flight from Armenia in time. Also, had I realized there was a place we could record our last respects, I’d have posted earlier.
I *genuinely* liked Mike, unfortunately, her daughter Emily kept her isolated so she could control and abuse her over her last decade or so. I wish Mikie could have built up the courage necessary to un-enable her daughter’s antics: her life would have been SO much easier without the never ending [often criminal] dramas that Emily kept swirling around her. I tried very hard to keep in touch with, and make every effort to try and support Mike through her cancer and treatments, and I’m a little embarrassed that she often called before I did (although I don’t think I ever saw a week where we didn’t manage to connect at least two or three times (quietly, of course, as it made Emily crazy angry when Mike talked to people besides her). You deserved SO much better!
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