JUDGE DAN BECK PASSES

  

A long-time area judge has passed away.

Retired 155th Judicial District Judge Daniel R. Beck of La Grange died Sunday, after a long battle with ALS—Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Beck served as District Judge for 20 years in the area including Austin, Waller, and Fayette counties.

Austin County District Attorney Travis Koehn says Beck was, “A fine lawyer and judge. He was firm and fair and well respected by other attorneys, judges and had many friends in the community.”

Beck served as Fayette County Attorney and then as Fayette County Judge.  He was then elected District Judge in 1991 and was reelected for 20 years. He was still active as a visiting judge in numerous area courts until recently.

The family is holding a private funeral and a public memorial will be scheduled in May.