Samuel Meryl Beecher Sr.
(1890-1979)
Flora Belle Galbraith
(1888-1922)
Peter Hoover
(1874-1940)
Emma Cecelia Peters
(1873-1963)
Samuel Meryl Beecher Jr.
(1915-1989)
Gertrude E. Hoover
(1918-1987)
Gary Lee Beecher
(1941-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joann Louise Stough

Gary Lee Beecher 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 24 Feb 1941, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA 3 8
  • Marriage (1): Joann Louise Stough on 27 Aug 1968 in Red Lion: Grace Lutheran Church, York, PA 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: LF2L-GJ2.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: "Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beecher, Dillsburg R. D. 2, announce the birth of a son on February 24 at the Seidle Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Beecher was Miss Gertrude Hoover, Duncannon.", 27 Feb 1941, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 8

2. Newspaper: The Gazette and Daily: letter from Gary Lee Beecher, 30 Oct 1942, York, York, PA. 9 Dear Editor:
This is my first letter to your paper. I am just a little fellow and everybody thinks I am cute. I guess maybe I am. I shall be two years old February. I get around everywhere and into everything. I have black eyes and black hair. Momma and Daddy think the world and all of me even if I am bad sometimes. Well, since this is my first letter and I am such a little boy, I'll have to say so long to the boys and girls.
A little member,
GARY LEE BEECHER,
Dillsburg, R. D. 2.

3. Census in 1950 in Dover Twp., York, PA. 10 The 1950 census recorded on Carlisle Pike: Samuel Beecher, production forman at York. Corp., 34, living with wife Gertrude, 32; and son Garry Lee, 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: Engagement of Joann Arnold and Gary Lee Beecher, 24 May 1968, York, York, PA. 6 (school photo of Joann Arnold)
Red Lion -- The engagement of Joann Arnold, 362 West Broadway, to Gary Lee Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beecher, Jr. 3753 Carlisle road, has been announced by her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Woodrow Stough, Sanford, Fla.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Spring Grove Area High school and is employed by Red Lion Industries, Inc. as a secreatary.
Her fiance is a graduate of Dover Area High school and is employed by Superthrift market, Weigelstown.
An August wedding is planned.

5. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: Miss Arnold Wed to Gary Beecher, 26 Aug 1968, York, York, PA. 7 Miss Arnold Wed to Gary Beecher
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Stough of Sanford, Fla., is married to son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Beecher Jr., Dover RD 5.
Joann L. Arnold, 1019 West Poplar street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Stough, Sanford, Fla., was married to Gary Lee Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Merle Beecher Jr., Dover RD 5, Saturday at 2 p.m. at Grace Lutheran church.
Rev. Edwin M. Clapper, pastor, officiated at the double-ring ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage by her father.
The bride wore a floor-length imported lace gown, with a bateau neckline, A-line skirt and detachable train. Seeded pearls accented the front of the gown. Her headpiece was of imported lace with the forward effect. She carried white roses with streamers of lily-of-the-valleys and ivy.
Mrs. Stanley Burgard, Spring Grove RD 1, was the matron of honor. The other attendants were Mrs. David Trone, York New Salem, and Mrs. Dale Bievenour, Dover.
Faye Trone was flower-girl and Danny Krone was ring-bearer.
The bride's attendants wore floor-length green skimmer dresses with empire waists and short tapered sleeves. The dresses' backs were accented with green satin ribbons. The attendants wore matching headpieces. The matron of honor carried white daisies with green ribbons and the other attendants carried white daisies with yellow ribbons.
The bride's mother wore a blue sheath chiffon dress and matching accessories. She carried a white carnation corsage.
The bridegroom's mother wore a pink sheath chiffon dress with matching accessories. She carried a pink carnation corsage.
Dale Bievenour, Dover, was best man. Alan Bair, Mt. Wolf, and Ira Lauer Jr., Dover, were the ushers.
The church was decorated with altar vases of pompons and gladioli. Colonial cages lined the aisles. Candelabra lined the altar.
Walter Keesey, Lancaster, soloist, sang "God Gave Me You," "The Lord's Prayer" and "Blest Be The Tie That Binds."
A reception was held at the Fireside restaurant following the ceremony. After the reception, the couple left for a wedding trip to the Pocono mountains and Virginia.
The bride is a 1959 graduate of Spring Grove high school and was employed at Red Lion Industries, Incorporated, as a secretary.
The bridegroom is a 1963 graduate of Dover High school and was employed at Super-Thrift store. The couple will live in Florida.

6. Residence: 2340 Blackberry Rd, Dover, PA 17315 in 1982 in Dover, York, PA. 3

7. Residence: on 31 Dec 1989 in Dover, York, PA. 5

8. Newspaper: York Daily Record, 28 Feb 1991, York, York, PA. 11 Auditing Notice, Orphans' Court Division
BEECHER - The First and Final account of Gary Lee Beecher, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Gertrude E. Beecher, late of Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, deceased (67-90-0182)
BEECHER - The First and Final account of Gary Lee Beecher, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Samuel M. Beecher, Jr., a/k/a Samuel M. Beecher, late of Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, deceased (67-909-0030)
.

9. Residence: 2340 Blackberry Rd., Dover, PA in 1997 in Dover, York, PA. 4

10. Residence: 3753 Carlisle Rd, Dover, PA 17315 in 2009 in Dover, York, PA. 3


Gary married Joann Louise Stough, daughter of Woodrow Wilson Stough and Helen A. Walters, on 27 Aug 1968 in Red Lion: Grace Lutheran Church, York, PA.1 2 (Joann Louise Stough was born on 30 Nov 1941 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 3.)


Sources


1 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 698.

2 York County Courthouse, Pennsylvania, https://countyfusion2.kofiletech.us marriage license 1968-88146 Beecher Gary Lee and Arnold Joann Louise.

3 Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index (Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.), Vol. 1.

4 York County History Center (250 E Market St, York, PA 17403 https://www.yorkhistorycenter.org/), Newspaper egnagement notice clipping in library's Beecher surname file, no exact date or newspaper citied.

5 York Daily Record (York, PA), 2 Jan 1990, obituary of Samuel M. Beecher Jr.

6 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 24 May 1968, page 16. Engagement of Joann Arnold and Gary Lee Beecher.

7 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 26 Aug 1968, page 7. Wedding of Joann Arnold and Gary Lee Beecher.

8 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 27 Feb 1941, page 2.

9 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 30 Oct 1942, page 28. Letters to the Editor.

10 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X19-MLLF Samuel Beecher.

11 York Daily Record (York, PA), 28 Feb 1991, page 39.



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