David Harold Beumer

Our beloved husband, dad, grandpa, brother and friend, David Harold Beumer, left us on June 2, 2024. He was born on February 24, 1951, in Delaware County, PA. He is survived by his wife Patty, son’s Danny (Leslie) and Jeremy (April); grandchildren, Leah Saler, Jayme Lawrence, Josh Lawrence, Lane Beumer, and Brian Beumer; brother John Beumer (Marianne); sisters Betsy Howell and Marge Dodge; and sister-in-law Brigitte Beumer; nieces and nephews; Dawn Little, Robin Taylor, Wolfgang Beumer (Anna), and Julie Beumer; Anne Stetler and Beth Lichtenwalner; as well as too many “adopted” children and grandchildren to count.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Halton Merl Beumer, Norma Martin Beumer and Mary Beumer, and his brother Halton Richard Beumer.

David was extremely proud of all his grandchildren and always enjoyed hearing about what was going on in their lives. To speak to his sense of humor, one of his favorite sayings was: “If I had known how much fun it was to have grandkids I would have had them first.”

David attended Haverford Senior High School and graduated in the class of 1969. He was Engineer in Chief of the high school radio station, WHHS. He furthered his education at Stevens Institute of Technology and graduated in 1973 with his degree in Electrical Engineering. He was president of his Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He started his career in Boston and later moved to San Diego, CA, where he met Patty. They were married in September of 1980 and they moved to the Bay Area in 1984. From there they moved on to Colorado in 1989 for Dave’s job. Dave was employed by Markrevel, Calma, Daisy, Dazix, and VeryBest during his career.

After retiring, Dave got involved with building and consulting self-storage facilities and soon became a “storage whiz”; his services were in high demand. He loved keeping busy and using his amazing skills to help people make successes of their facilities. He made many new friends during these times and was described by one of his clients as “wicked smart”.

Dave has been a mentor for many people, young and old, over the years and hearing how he has touched their lives is very special. Comments like, “So knowledgeable about many things”, “Only one I can ask for advice”, “Father figure”, “Knows all the answers,” to name a few shows how much he was respected.

Dave was a shining light in so many people’s lives. His undying devotion to his family and friends was inspiring to many.

David got his HAM (amateur radio operators) license, W0DHB, in high school and continued his love of communicating around the world with other operators until his passing.

David was diagnosed with Charcot Marie Tooth, a form of Muscular Dystrophy, in 1984 but he never let this debilitating disease knock him down. Despite being told that he would be wheelchair bound soon after diagnosis he beat the odds and still used a walker for getting around the house daily and a wheelchair only when going out. Some might have called it stubbornness, but those who knew and loved him understood that he didn’t let his disability define him.

David loved the mountains and spent many hours looking at the view from his office window at home and watching the wildlife on the lake. Those mountains will always be a reminder of the amazing man we all loved and admired. Walk free David, we will all miss you hope it worksfor the rest of our lives. Continue to be our guardian angel and watch over all of us. We love you and will never stop missing you.

In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests that donations be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in care of Patty, Danny or Jeremy. Donations will be designated to research in Charcot Marie Tooth.