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Beamer, Winifred – 1889-1934

BALMER, BEAMER, HASSELMAN, MARSHALL, SHEELER

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:28

Funeral rites for Mrs. F.M. Beamer, 45, of Torrington, Wyo., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Marshall of Monroe, were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from Tool's chapel, with Rev. William L. Apshur, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Torrington, Wyoming gave the funeral sermon. Rev. Pritchard of Killduff and Rev. Hodgins, present pastor of Tool's Chapel, assisted in the services.
Mrs. Beamer died Saturday morning, 10th March at one o'clock in a hospital at Las Vegas, New Mexico, to which place she had been taken Thursday, 15th February, following an automobile accident, in which she was seriously injured. Erysipelas developed as a result of the injuries sustained, and caused her untimely demise. Mr. Beamer and the three daughters, Nancy Bell, Pansy Ann and Eva June, escaped almost uninjured.
The family was returning to their home in Torrington after having attended the burial services of a relative of Mr. Beamer in Texas.
Obituary
Winifred Marshall, daughter of George and Ulissia Marshall was born near Monroe, Iowa 10th October 1889, departing this life for the home beyond from the Las Vegas hospital, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 19th March 1934.
After teaching for a number of years in the public schools near her home, Miss Marshall attended the Deaconess Training school in Des Moines, Iowa, from which she graduated in 1913. She engaged in deaconess work continuously for ten years, working in Des Moines, St. Louis, St. Paul and Rock Springs, Wyoming.
It was while working in Rock Springs that Miss Marshall was united in marriage with Mr. F. M. Beamer on 29th December 1923. Mrs. Beamer moved with her husband to Torrington, Wyoming in 1926, making this place her home until the time of her death.
Mrs. Beamer became a Christian in early youth, joining Tool's Chapel near Monroe, a church built on her grandfather's farm. While living in Rock Springs, Mrs. Beamer became a local minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in this relationship faithfully and effectively served the Rock Springs and Torrington churches.
Of the immediate family, our sister is survived by her companion, three daughters, Nancy Bell, Pansy Anne and Eva June of Torrington, Wyoming; her parents, two brothers and four sisters, James R. and Hubert Marshall, Mrs. Ora Balmer, Mrs. Ralph Sheeler, Eva Marshall, all of Monroe, Iowa; and Mrs. John Hasselman of Pella, Iowa
Among the out-of-town relatives and friends who attended the services were Rev. Wm. L. Absher, his son, Kent, Miss Isabel Tierceall and Mrs. Fred Shinbur of Torrington, Wyoming; Miss Elizabeth Crone of Des Moines, Melvin Beamer of Paris, Missouri and Wellington Beamer of Mexico, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Zell Ross of Iowa City.
Source: Jasper County (IA) Mirror; Thursday, March 15, 1934, page 12


 

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