After woman's death in fatal crash, family chooses to help others through organ donation

The York Daily Record | Teresa Ann Boeckel

In Grete K. Beck's death, there was a blessing, her husband, the Rev. William H. Beck, said Monday evening.

The two had talked in recent years about what they were going to do with their bodies when they died. They decided to help science and other human beings.

The Becks had known a man who was covered with scars from a severe burn, but the technology wasn't available at the time for a skin transplant. They also had a relative who benefited from a heart transplant.

Grete Beck, 71, of Codorus Township died Sunday morning after her vehicle veered into the oncoming lane and struck another vehicle in Jackson Township. She was heading to church at the time.

Doctors harvested Grete's corneas, bones, valves and other body parts so that someone else could benefit from organ donation.

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