Members of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard military funeral honor guard remove the American flag from the casket of Edgar O. Beck at his funeral Saturday at Garden Spot Village, New Holland.

Beck's widow, in the second photo, Mary Jane Beck, holds his flag in her lap.

Beck, who died Aug. 28 at the age of 81, was a veteran of World War II, serving aboard the USS Alabama in the Pacific.

Active in local Memorial Day observances for many decades, he was a sixth-generation funeral director and owned and operated Edgar O. Beck Funeral Home, New Holland, for more than 50 years. To many, he was known as "Mr. New Holland."