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)
Mary K. Beecher
(1922-2010)

 

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Mary K. Beecher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 7 May 1922, Wrightsville, York, PA 1 2 4 6
  • Died: 8 Apr 2010, Chambersburg, Franklin, PA at age 87 1 4
  • Buried: 12 Apr 2010, Wrightsville: Fairview Cemetery, York, PA 1 4 6

   FamilySearch ID: L6P8-FCJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Evening News: Mary Beecher Injured in Fall, 7 Oct 1931, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 7 Wrightsville, Oct. 7. - Mary, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Beecher, this place, received a fractured right arm and other injuries in a fall Monday while playing near her home with several companions.

2. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: "Miss Mary Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Beecher, fell on an icy pavement near her home and sustained a fracture to her right arm. This is the third time her arm was broken.", 11 Jan 1935, York, York, PA. 8

3. 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.

4. Census in 1940 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 9 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.

5. Census in 1950 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 10 The 1950 census recorded at 327 Locust Street: Paul Beecher, 44, railroad ticket clerk, living with wife Verna M., 49; daughter Mary K., stenographer for electrical supplies, 27; son P. Everette, mortician at funeral home, 21; and daughter Audrey E., 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: on 25 Sep 1975 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 11

7. Residence: 327 Locust St, Wrightsville, PA, 17368-1221 in 1984 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 12

8. Residence: 327 Locust St., Wrightsville, PA on 15 Apr 1988 in Wrightsville, York, PA. 13

9. Obituary: Gettysburg Times: obituary of Mary K. Beecher on 10 Apr 2010 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 6 Mary K. Beecher, 87 of Fayetteville and formerly of Wrightsville, died Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Chambersburg Hospital.
Mary was born in Wrightsville on May 7, 1922, a daughter of the late Paul A. and Verna (Kraft) Beecher. She retired from Caterpillar Inc. as a mail clerk.
Mary was a long time member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Wrightsville. She was also a 1940 graduate of Wrightsville High School and a graduate of Thompson's Business School. She was a member of the Eastern York Senior Center and the Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Senior Center. She was also an active member of Historic Wrightsville.
Surviving is a sister, Audrey and her husband George Lower of Biglerville, and nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, April 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 243 Hellam St., Wrightsville, with her pastor, the Rev. Barbara A. Caruana officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. A viewing will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday, at the church.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, 243 Hellam St., Wrightsville, PA 17368 or to Historic Wrightsville, 309 Locust St., Wrightsville, PA 17368.
The Etzweiler Funeral Home Inc. and Cremation Service, 700 Hellam St., Wrightsville, is in charge of arrangements.

10. Obituary: York Daily Record: obituary of Mary K. Beecher on 10 Apr 2010 in York, York, PA. 4 Mary K. Beecher, of Fayetteville and formerly of Wrightsville, died April 8, 2010, in Chambersburg.

Mary was born in Wrightsville, on May 7, 1922, a daughter of the late Paul A. and Verna (Kraft) Beecher.

She retired from Caterpillar, Inc. as a mail clerk.

Mary was a 1940 graduate of Wrightsville High School and a graduate of Thompson's Business School.

She was a member of the Eastern York Senior Center and the Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Senior Center. She was also an active member of Historic Wrightsville and was a long time member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Wrightsville.

Surviving is a sister, Audrey and husband, George Lower of Biglerville; and nieces and nephews.

Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.

11. Residence: on 10 Apr 2010 in Fayetteville, Franklin, PA. 6


Sources


1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50887191.

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 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 26 Sep 1975, page 2.

4 York Daily Record (York, PA), 10 Apr 2010, Obituary of Mary K. Beecher.

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

6 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 10 Apr 2010, obituary of Mary K. Beecher.

7 Harrisburg Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, 7 Oct 1931, page 10.

8 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 11 Jan 1935, page 5.

9 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.

10 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XB2-6P71 Paul E. Beecher Wrightsville PA.

11 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 26 Sep 1975, page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Paul A. Beecher.

12 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. Mary K. Beecher, Wrightsville, Pa.

13 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 16 Apr 1988, page 2. Obituary of Paul A. Beecher.



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