Parris Epler Beecher
(1855-1929)
Sarah Elizabeth Featon
(Abt 1863-Bef 1896)
Omer Franklin Steigelman
(1866-1944)
Elizabeth Mae Frankford
(1871-1944)
Norman Beecher
(1888-1942)
Nettie Mae Steigelman
(1886-1960)
Stella Mae Beecher
(1928-1998)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Willis Buckwalter Denlinger Jr.

Stella Mae Beecher 1 3 4 5

  • Born: 26 Jun 1928, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 1 5
  • Marriage (1): Willis Buckwalter Denlinger Jr. on 8 May 1946 in , Lancaster, PA 1 2
  • Died: 4 May 1998, , Lancaster, PA at age 69 1 2 4 5 6
  • Buried: Paradise Township: Paradise Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 5

   Another name for Stella was Peggy Beecher.7

   FamilySearch ID: L7XP-F1P.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 8 The 1930 census recorded renting at 520 Rockland Street: Norman Beecher, laborer city, 41, living with wife Nettie M., 44; Lenora M., 11; Edith C., 5; and Stella M., 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1940 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 9 The 1940 census recorded renting at 463 Pershing Avenue: Norman Beecher, pipe layer WPA pipeline project, 51, living with wife Nettie N., 54; Edith C., 15; and Stella M., 11. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania and living in the same place in 1935.

3. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: obituary of Stella M. "Peg" Denlinger on 6 May 1998 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 6 Stella M. "Peg" Denlinger, 69, of 51 Riverside Ave., died Monday night at Lancaster General Hospital after a long illness.

She had worked at the former RCA in Lancaster, assembling picture tubes, and she also have been employed in the cafeteria of Burrowes Elementary School. She last worked for the former Servomation at Lancaster General Hospital, retiring in 1975 to become a homemaker. An avid reader, she also enjoyed sewing and knitting.

Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Nettie Steigleman Beecher. She and her husband, Willis B. Denlinger, would have been married 52 years on Friday.

Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Faith A., wife of John N. Hollern of Columbia; one son, Bruce A., husband of Trudi Quinn Denlinger of Stroudsburg; one granddaughter; and two sisters, Edith, wife of Raymond Wenger of Salunga, and Elnora Myers of Lititz.


Stella married Willis Buckwalter Denlinger Jr., son of Willis Buckwalter Denlinger Sr. and Mae Eby Myer, on 8 May 1946 in , Lancaster, PA.1 2 (Willis Buckwalter Denlinger Jr. was born on 29 Sep 1922 in Paradise Twp., Lancaster, PA,1 2 10 died on 26 Jun 2002 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 2 4 10 and was buried in Paradise Township: Paradise Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 10.)


Sources


1 Records of Nancy Eitnier, a descendant.

2 Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, Marriage of Stella Beecher and Willis B. Denlinger.

3 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), May 15, 1942. Obituary of Norman Beecher.

4 Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Newspaper (Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA), 28 Jun 2002, obituary of Willis B. Denlinger.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54734723.

6 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 6 May 1998, obituary of Stella M. Denlinger.

7 Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Newspaper (Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA), 15 Dec 2005, page 3. Obituary of Edith C. Wenger.

8 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHQQ-GDX Norman Beecher, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0061, sheet 14A, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2057.

9 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQFG-R9H Norman Beecher, Ward 7, Lancaster, Lancaster City, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-75, sheet 15B, family 329.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54734676.



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