Jacob Mallalieu Beecher
(1875-1934)
Mary Emma Roth
(1875-1953)
Wesley Edwin Kraft
(1875-1952)
Mary Magdalene Stauffer
(1880-1903)
Paul Allen Beecher
(1896-1988)
Verna M. Kraft
(1900-1975)
Doris Isabel Beecher
(1926-1945)

 

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Doris Isabel Beecher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 4 Apr 1926, Wrightsville, York, PA 1 2 5 6
  • Died: 2 May 1945, Wrightsville, York, PA at age 19 3 4 6 7
  • Buried: 5 May 1945, Wrightsville: Fairview Cemetery, York, PA 3 4 6

   Another name for Doris was Doris Isabelle Beecher.6

   FamilySearch ID: L6BV-FTQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 2 The 1930 Census recorded at 329 Locust Street Jacob M. Bucher [index error], carpenter railroad, 55, living with wife Mary E., 55; and Willard Crouder, 35. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Living next door at 327 Locust Street is Paul A. Bucher [index error], tripest railroad, 34, with wife Verna M., 29; Mary K., 8; Julia L., 6; Doris J., 4; and Everett, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1940 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 1 The 1940 census recorded owning a home at 327 Locust Street in Wrightsville Paul Beecher, railroad clerk, 44, living with wife Verna, 39; Mary, 17; Julia, 16; Doris, 14; Everett, 11; and Audrey, 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Next door is Mary Beecher, widow, 64, living alone.

3. Cause of Death: hemorhage of lungs due to tuberculosis, 2 May 1945, Wrightsville, York, PA. 6

4. Occupation: student in business school on 2 May 1945 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 6

5. Residence: 327 Locust St., Wrightsville, PA on 2 May 1945 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 6

6. Obituary: The Gazette and Daily: Obituary of Doris Isabel Beecher on 3 May 1945 in York, York, PA. 4 Doris Isabel Beecher

WRIGHTSVILLE -- Following a one-week illness, Doris Isabel Beecher, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Beecher, died yesterday at 1:45 p. m. at her home 327 Locust street.

Surviving are: Her parents; three sisters, Mary Julia and Audrey, and a brother Everett, at home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Kraft, Delroy; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Beecher, Wrightsville.

Miss Beecher was a graduate of Wrightsville High school,a member of the class of 1944, a member of the school's alumni association, and was attending Thompson Business school in York prior to her illness. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Sunday school class taught by Mrs. William Frey.

The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Etzweiler Funeral home, here. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.

7. Obituary: The Gazette and Daily: Final Rites For Doris Beecher, Wrightsville on 7 May 1945 in York, York, PA. 8 Wrightsville -- Funeral services for Doris Isabel Beecher, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Beecher, 327 Locust street, who died Wednesday, were held Saturday afternoon at the Etzweiler Funeral home here. Rev. J. M. Spangler, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, officiated. Pallbears were: Richard and Luther Weitzel, Samuel Keller, Richard Millar, David Murray and John Ness. Interment was in Fafrview cemetery. The services were largely attended.


Sources


1 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQWQ-KYC Paul Beecher, Wrightsville Borough, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-107, sheet 3B, family 69, NARA digital publication T627, roll 3645.

2 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Wrightsville, York, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2166; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 91; Image: 933.0; FHL microfilm: 2341900.

3 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 7 May 1945, page 8. Funeral of Doris Isabel Beecher.

4 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 3 May 1945, page 10. Obituary of Doris Beecher.

5 Fairview Cemetery, Wrightsville, York, Pennsylvania (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/cemeteries/fairview-wrightsville.txt), Beecher, Doris I.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 45285. Doris Isabelle Beecher. Father Paul A. Beecher. Mother Verna M. Kraft.

7 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 45285, Doris I. Beecher.

8 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 7 May 1945, page 8. Funeral of Doris Beecher.



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