Patty & Gene Overbeck

Gene Edward Overbeck, 73, and June Patricia Overbeck, 72, of Elk Lake, MI, died unexpectedly together on Saturday, March 1, 2003 at home. Gene was born June 16, 1929 in St. Louis, MO. Patty was born July 11, 1930 in St. Louis, MO. Gene did his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and attended U. of M. Law School, where he received his Juris Doctorate. He had the honor of being first in his class and later became the first in-house lawyer for American Airlines. Gene enlisted in the United States Army and served proudly in the Judge Advocate Corps. Patty was raised in Traverse City, MI, where she was a Cherry Queen, and graduated from Traverse City High School in 1948. She was a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1952 with a degree in English and later became employed as a flight attendant for American Airlines for a number of years. She was an avid reader and writer of local history and lore and her favorite was their family genealogy. Together, they lived in New York City and later moved to Larchmont, NY, where Patty became a homemaker to raise their family. In 1980, they moved to Dallas, TX for six years and then to Georgetown in Washington, DC, where Gene retired as Senior Vice-President from American Airlines. The Overbecks moved to the Traverse City area in the Spring of 2001.