Margaret Franz
(1886-1951)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leon Jay Beecher

Margaret Franz 2

  • Born: 20 Oct 1886, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2
  • Marriage (1): Leon Jay Beecher on 3 Apr 1907 in Binghamton, Broome, NY 1
  • Died: 25 Oct 1951, Orange, Essex, NJ, USA at age 65 2
  • Buried: 28 Oct 1951, Honesdale, Wayne, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LVZ4-G3V.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Scranton Republican: wedding of Leon J. Beecher and Margaret Franz, 9 Apr 1907, Scranton, Lackawanna, PA. 3 Leon J. Beecher, of Clemo, and Miss Margaret Franz, of Hawley, were married last Wednesday in Binghamton, N. Y. They are now on their wedding tour and on their return they will settle at Clemo, where Mr. Beecher is employed by the Clemo Hunting and Fishing club.

2. Obituary: Scranton Tribune: obituary of Mrs. Margaret F. Beecher on 26 Oct 1951 in Scranton, Lackawanna, PA. 2 Margaret Beecher Dies Unexpectedly
Mrs. Margaret F. Beecher, 65, died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at Orange, N. J. Born Oct, 20, 1886, Mrs. Beecher was the wife of Leon Beecher who managed the Clemo Hunting and Fishing Club from 1907 to 1927, after which Mrs. Beecher made her home in Honesdale and New Jersey. She was a member of Honesdale Baptist Church and the Daughters of America in Honesdale. Surviving are a son, Benjamin, Kenilworth, N. J.; a brother, FreJ Franz, Clarks Summit; two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Cole, Dunmore, and Mrs. Elizabeth Menotti, Kansas City, Kans., and a granddaughter. The funeral will be held from the funeral chapel at 505 Church St, Hawley, on Sunday at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Walter E. Capper, Honesdale Baptist Church, officiating. Interment Glen Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale. Friends may call tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m.


Margaret married Leon Jay Beecher, son of George W. Beecher and Elizabeth Gorham, on 3 Apr 1907 in Binghamton, Broome, NY.1 (Leon Jay Beecher was born on 4 Mar 1874 in Le Raysville, Bradford, PA,4 5 died on 17 Jan 1927 in Pomona Park, Putnam, FL 6 7 and was buried on 22 Jan 1927 in Honesdale, Wayne, PA 7.)


Sources


1 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 29 Dec 1906, page 3.

2 The Tribune (Scranton, PA), 26 Oct 1951, page 15. Obituary of Margaret F. Beecher.

3 The Scranton Republican (Scranton, Lackawana, Pennsylvania), 9 Apr 1907, page 4.

4 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6K1-FKD Leon Jay Beecher, 1917-1918; citing Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

5 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWX7-2T5 Leon Beecher in household of Geo. W. Beecher, Le Raysville, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 271B, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T9-1104.

6 FamilySearch.org, Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FP4L-H6F Leon J. Beecher, 17 Jan 1927.

7 The Times Tribune (Scranton, PA), 21 Jan 1927, page 34. Obituary of Leon Beecher.



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