Robert Steven "Bob" Beck entered into rest to our Father on 4/20/25 at the age of 65 surrounded by family after a 2 ½ year battle with T cell Lymphoma.

Born in Lancaster, Bob was the son of the late Ammon E. and Shirley J. (Rice) Beck. He was a 1977 graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School

Bob and his wife, Mary Catharine (Anders) Beck, recently celebrated 25 years of marriage. They enjoyed being with family, traveling, and spending time on his favorite toy, his 3700 SCR Maxum cabin cruiser which they kept at Charlestown Marina. Bob also enjoyed hunting, fishing, history, Gettysburg, Lionel O gauge trains, and an occasional cigar with a glass of bourbon. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Bob began his career on the Railroad in 1977 at the age of 18 on Amtrak as a trackman. After 2 years of pounding spikes, he transferred to the Operations Department where he became qualified in various towers namely State, Harris and Cork, eventually getting a regular shift in Lancaster at Cork Tower. From 1990-1999 he worked for Conrail, starting out as a dispatcher and leaving Conrail as a Division Chief Dispatcher. He left Conrail to work for Norfolk Southern in 1999 in Harrisburg as the Harrisburg Division Chief Dispatcher. In 2018, Norfolk Southern transferred Bob and his family to Atlanta, GA where he worked as the Northern Region Superintendent in the Operations Center in Atlanta. He ended his 43-year, career on leap day, 2/29/20 and moved back to Lancaster to be close to family.

He was a loving father to Robert (Jennifer) Beck Jr., Landisville; Billy (Angela) Beck, Bainbridge; Emily Samuel, Lancaster; Eric (Syra) Greider, Manheim; Patrick (Alexa) Greider, Conshohocken and a proud grandfather to Layla, Xavier, Liana, Elijah, Claire, Jackson, Radley, Mraz, Joanna, Benjamin, Jude, and Briggs. He is also survived by his sister, Carol (Beck) Swain, Columbia and was preceded in death by his brother, Edward Beck. Besides his family, Bob leaves behind 4 brother-in-law's, numerous nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors. The family wants to thank the staff at ABBCI especially, Dr. Beer, the Orange Team, the infusion team, and the lab staff; and Masonic Village Hospice staff. They all helped Bob and his family navigate this devasting disease.

Friends will be received by Bob's family on Friday, April 25, 2025 from 9 – 10AM at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 119 S. Prince St., Lancaster, PA, with the Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10AM.Luncheon to follow. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in his memory to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at www.lls.org .