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Katherine Beard 1864 - 1923

BEARD, MARSH, HIGHBERGER, ROMIG, ALGIRE, BROWN, FRETZ

Posted By: Phyllis Hazen (email)
Date: 6/14/2018 at 10:38:24

The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Saturday, 18 August 1923, page 10

Mrs. Katherine Beard.

Mrs. Katherine Beard, resident of Muscatine for about 11 years, died at 5 o’clock this morning following an extended illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Romig, 1544 Grant street. Death was due to a complication of ailments. She was 58 years old.
Mrs. Beard, formerly Miss Katherine Marsh, was born Oct. 10, 1864, in Pennsylvania and came to Muscatine in November, 1912. She married James Highberger in 1881, to which union five children were born, only one of whom survives. Mr. Highberger died in 1901. She married Edward Beard Oct. 25, 1917.
Besides her husband and daughter, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Algire, Mrs. Margaret Brown and Mrs. Emma Fretz, and one brother, Link Marsh, all of near Pittsburg, Pa. Two granddaughters also survive.
Definite funeral arrangements have not been completed pending word from out-of-town relatives.
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The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Monday, 20 August 1923, page 5

Mrs. Katherine Beard.

Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Beard, who died Saturday, were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Romig, 1544 Grant street. The Rev. C. D. Nash, of Westchester, former pastor of the Park avenue Methodist episcopal church, assisted by Mrs. Harriet Seeds, officiated. Burial was made in the Melpine cemetery.
The pallbearers were S. G. Kendig, Elmer Satterthwaite, Ray Summers, Charles Dailey, Guy and Clyde Duncan.


 

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