Myrtle (Shearer) Biesnecker (1888 - 1966)

BIESNECKER, CONNELL, JOHN, KIRKMAN, SERBEIN, SHEARER

Posted By: Jerry Hale (email)
Date: 12/5/2007 at 00:54:18

COLLINS CLIPPER

Mrs. O. N. Serbein of Collins received word Friday evening, Dec. 30, 1966 of the death of her sister, Myrtle S. Biesnecker, wife of the late John Biesnecker, a long time Collins druggist. Death came at a hospital in Lake Worth, Fla., Dec. 30, 1966, after an illness of several weeks.

Funeral services were held at a Lake Worth Funeral Home, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 3, 1967, and burial was in the Lake Worth Cemetery by the side of her husband who died a number of years ago.

The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Shearer and was born on a farm near Collins June 28, 1888, growing to woman hood in this community.

After her marriage to John Biesnecker they continued to make Collins their home until 1925 when they and their four children moved to Lake Worth, Fla.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her sister, Mrs. O. N. Serbein, of Collins; three daughters, Kathleen Kirkman of Hollandale, Fla.,; Imogene John of Lexington, Kent.; Adair Connell of Lake Worth and one son, Conrad D., also of Lake Worth; eight grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant son, her parents and two brothers.