Lillian Piper Beach (1937)

BEACH, MCKEE, PIPER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 11/2/2006 at 22:01:50

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, June 25, 1937

Services Today For MRS. O. E. BEACH

Mrs. O. E. Beach, for many years a well-known resident of Winterset, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter in Shenandoah where she had been marking her home for the past year. She was 70 years of age.

Mrs. Beach was the wife of O. E. Beach, who conducted an abstract business here. She long held active memberships in the Presbyterian church and Rebekah lodge, being a member of the latter for more than 40 years.

Mrs. Beach was the former Lillian F. Piper. She was married to O. E. Beach at Mt. Pleasant on May 12, 1876. On May 12 of last year they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary here.

For a number of years they lived on a farm near Macksburg, coming to Winterset about 25 years ago.

In addition to her husband, she leaves four children, Oren Beach of Des Moines, Mrs. D. W. McKee of Shenandoah, Sam Beach of Nashua, Montana, and Kenneth Beach, of Toledo, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held today from the Presbyterian church in Winterset at 10:30 a.m., in charge of the Rev. E. J. Huff, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shenandoah. Burial will be made in the Winterset cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 1, 1937
Page 1, Column 5

LAST RITES HELD – MRS. O. E. BEACH

Services At Presbyterian Church. Death Comes After Lingering Illiness.

Last rites for Mrs. O. E. Beach who died June 23, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Dean McKee of Shenandoah, were held at the First Presbyterian church Wednesday morning, June 23, the Rev. W. P. Fink the pastor, in charge. Burial was in the Winterset cemetery.

Mrs. Beach was one of the fine women of Winterset. A splendid cook and housekeeper, she delighted in spending all her spare time in her garden. Kindly inconsiderate, she was generous with her flowers which found their way into many homes.

A tireless and energetic worker, Mrs. Beach was finally compelled by ill health to give up all her work though as long as she could and far beyond her strength, she continued the work in her home and with her flowers.

She was a member of the Winterset Garden club, the Colombian club, and a charter member of Hawthorne Rebekah lodge at Macksburg, afterward transferring her membership to crown Rebekah lodge here, taking an active interest until her health failed.

Mrs. Beach joined the Baptist church at Harrisburg when she was 15, remaining a member until the family moved to Madison county. She took an active part in the Fellowship Congregational church of Grand River township and upon moving to Winterset became a member of the First Presbyterian church.

She was Lillian Sophia Piper, daughter of John and Elizabeth Piper and was born at Bonaparte, January 3, 1866. Mrs. Beach was the youngest of a family of 10 children; the only survivor a sister, Mrs. B. F. Cheney of Portland, Oregon. She grew to womanhood in the home near Bonaparte, became the bride of O. E. Beach May 12, 1886 and lived on a farm near Hillsboro.

The family moved to Madison county in 1891 settling on a farm in Grand River township near Macksburg. In 1909 they moved to Winterset where they lived until September 1936 when her health compelled her and her husband to go to the home of their daughter and Shenandoah. They celebrated their golden wedding at their home here in 1936.

The close relatives are her husband, three sons, Oren R. Beach, Des Moines; Sam W. Beach, Toledo, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. W. Dean McKee of Shenandoah; eight grandchildren and her sister.

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