August Henry Ploen
(1893-1976)
Linda Katharine Bauer
(1898-1933)
Phyllis Wilma Ploen
(1924-2005)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Wesley Merrill Beecher

Phyllis Wilma Ploen 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 23 Jan 1924, Crystal Township, Tama, IA 2 6
  • Marriage (1): Wesley Merrill Beecher on 31 Dec 1941 in Lancaster, Schuyler, MO, USA 1
  • Died: 12 Feb 2005, Dubuque, Dubuque, IA at age 81 4 6 7
  • Buried: Garwin: Crystal Township Cemetery, Tama, IA, USA

   FamilySearch ID: LXM5-MTP.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Traer, Tama, IA. 5 The 1950 census recorded Wesley M. Beecher, occupation running cafe, 28, living with wife Phylis W., 26, and son Richard, born in June 1949. Everyone was born in Iowa.
Next door is Phyllis' father August H. Ploen, engineer for town light plant, 56, widowed, living with his widowed mother, Alvena C. Ploen, 76, and a maid Darlene Chizek, 18. Everyone was born in Iowa.

2. Obituary: Quad-City Times: obituary of Phyllis W. Beecher on 14 Feb 2005 in Davenport, Scott, IA. 7 Phyllis W. Beecher, 81, of Dubuque, Iowa, formerly of Bellevue, Iowa, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at the Finley Hospital in Dubuque. Arrangements are pending at Kingery Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Bellevue.


Phyllis married Wesley Merrill Beecher, son of Merrill Edgar Beecher and Albina Stella Cizek, on 31 Dec 1941 in Lancaster, Schuyler, MO, USA.1 (Wesley Merrill Beecher was born on 13 Sep 1921 in Dinsdale, Tama, IA,4 8 died on 8 Sep 2006 in Amarillo, Potter, TX 4 8 and was buried on 10 Sep 2006 in Garwin: Crystal Township Cemetery, Tama, IA, USA 8.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1802-1969, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDVP-5N3Z Wesley M Beecher m. 31 Dec 1941 Phyllis Ploen in Schuyler MO.

2 FamilySearch.org, Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9MC8-MK6S Phylis Wilma Ploen, 1924.

3 Dubuque Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 12 Oct 2003, obituary of Rebecca L. Beecher.

4 Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, Potter, Texas), 10 Sep 2006. Obituary of Wesley M. "Wes" Beecher.

5 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQF-P9GF Wesley M Beecher Traer IA.

6 U.S. Social Security Death Index, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/DJ8K-W2M null, 12 Feb 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

7 Quad City Times (Davenport, IA), 14 Feb 2005, page 26 Obituary of Phyllis Beecher.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16683041.


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