Wesley C. Beatty
September 23, 1931 – August 30, 2025
Friends will be received 9:30 am to 10:30 am Friday September 5, 2025 at Pathfinder Church, 8740 S. Westnedge Ave. Portage, MI where services will follow at 10:30 am. Interment will be in Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial Park with military honors by the U.S. Marine Corps and Otsego VFW Post #3030. Memorial contributions may be made to Pathfinder Church, c/o the funeral home.
Obituary
Age 93 of Portage, passed away Saturday August 30, 2025 at home. Wesley was born September 23, 1931 in Kalamazoo the son of Wesley and Edna (Kibler) Beatty. He attended Kalamazoo Central High School and graduated from Portage Central High School; Wesley was a Korean War veteran serving in the Marine Corps. He worked as a craftsman for Gibson Guitar and was a member of Pathfinder Church and enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and woodworking. On November 23, 1956 in Kalamazoo Wesley was united in marriage to Mary E. (Ewert) Beatty who survives. Also surviving are 3 children, Diane (Clesson) Parsons, David (Kathy) Beatty, Jeffrey Beatty; 4 grandchildren, Shawn (Kasonya) Parsons, Steven Parsons, Noah Beatty, Kailyn Beatty; 1 great-granddaughter, Leighton Parsons. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Charles Beatty; sister, Irma Warfield.
Wow it is hard to believe that you are gone. The last of the Kalamazoo Gibson guitar makers and did repairs for them out of your home. So dedicated to God, family, friends, and guitars! Rest now you have earned it.
My deepest sympathies and prayers to Mary and family. Such a good man, loved to greet him at church and see that smile.