- Date Of Birth: January 23, 1983
- Date Of Death: November 9, 2013
- State: Ohio
Michael F. Beard, age 30, of Columbiana, died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his home. He was born January 23, 1983 in Youngstown, the son of Shirley Bartholow Beard and the late Donald F. Beard. He was a 2001 graduate of South Range High School and graduated from the Columbiana Career Center as a welder. Michael was employed at the Hickey Fabricating Metals in Salem as a welder. He was a member of Christ’s Church in Boardman, member of the Welder’s Association, treasurer of the city of Columbiana AA Group and was an avid fisherman. His father, Donald Beard and grandparents, Donald and Josephine Beard, Janet O’Neill and Charles and Margaret Bartholow preceded him in death. His mother, Shirley Beard of Columbiana survives him, along with two sisters, Jana Beard of Columbiana and Tami (Jay) Hunt of Kensington; a brother, William D. (Patty) Beard of Columbiana; two aunts, Cindy Cook of Columbiana with whom he made his home and Cherryl (Francis) Blinsky of Columbiana; a niece; a nephew; and several aunts and uncles.
