BECKNER, Mary Frances (Bates) 1862-1945

BECKNER, BATES, HAM

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/10/2011 at 12:39:10

Mary Frances (Bates) Beckner 1862-1945

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FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY FOR AGED OSAGE WOMAN

Osage – Funeral services for Mrs. George Beckner, 82, were held at the Champion funeral home Sunday. The Rev. Stiles Lessley officiated and burial was in the Osage Cemetery.

As a young woman she spent many years teaching school in Iowa and South Dakota.

In 1893 she was married to George Beckner and lived on a farm in the Riceville community. Later they moved to a farm near Mitchell. In 1919 they retired from the farm and moved to San Diego, California, but returned to Mitchell in 1935 where Mr. Beckner died in August 1935

Surviving are 2 children, Dean and Mrs. Roland Ham of Mitchell, and 5 grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday April 23, 1945

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According to their Son, George Dean Beckner’s birth record her maiden name was Bates
South Dakota Birth Records:
Name: George Dean Beckner
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1897
Gender: Male
County: Miner
Father's name: George Monroe Beckner
Mother's name: Mary Frances Bates

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1900 US Census: Roswell, Miner, South Dakota
George M Beckner 42 born April 1858 Iowa
Mary F. 42, born June 1862 Iowa
Dean 2 born August 1897 South Dakota
Lura M. 5/12 born December 1899 South Dakota