Sarah Ann Beicher ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: L6BM-C66.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷ The 1930 census recorded two Beicher families as neighbors.

Owning the $6000 home at 146 Lehman Street was James Beicher, barber shop proprietor, 36, living with wife Mabel A., 29; and daughter Sarah A., 1. James was a WW I veteran.

Renting next door at 366 Plum Street was Joseph L. Beicher, heater in a steel mill, 27, single, living with his widowed father, Reuben.

Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1940 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded owning a $4200 home at 146 Lehman Street: James Beicher, barber, 46, with wife Mabel, 40; Sarah, 5; Anna, 3, and James' brother Joseph, laborer bolt shop, 37, single. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1950 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded at 146 Lehman Street: James A. Beicher, no occupation, 56, living with wife Mable A., 50; Sarah A., office work in lumber company, 21; and Anna A., 13. Also in the home is a lodger, James' brother Joe Leo Beicher, machine operator in steel mill, 47.

4. Residence: on 5 Apr 1952 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁵

5. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News; Gerberichs are Wed 20 Years, 8 Apr 1970, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹ Mr. and Mrs. John A Gerberich of Lebanon RD 2 are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today.
They were married by the late Rev. Francis J. Heltshe in St. Gertrude's Catholic Church.
Mrs. Gerberich is the former Sarah Beicher, daughter of Mrs. Mable Beicher of 146 Lehman St. and the late James Beicher. Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy A Gerberich of Lebanon RD 2. He is employed by Cleaver-Brooks.
They are the parents of nine children: Carole, a freshman at Shippensburg State College; Linda, John Jr., James, Richard, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, and William, all at home.
A mass was said this morning at St. Gertrude's Church for the couple.

6. Residence: on 20 Dec 1971 in , Lebanon, PA. ³

7. Newspaper: Daily News, 7 Apr 1973, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁰ Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ger- berich Sr. of Lebanon RD 2 will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary with a family dinner on Sunday at their home. The couple was married on April 8, 1950 in St. Gertrude's Catholic Church by the late Rev. Francis J. Heltshe.
Mrs. Gerberich, the former Sarah A. Beicher, is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James A. Beicher of Lebanon. Mr. Gerberich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy A. Gerberich, is employed by Pennco Distillers, Inc. of Pennsylvania. The couple has nine children: Carol A. (Mrs.
Franklin Bretz) of Layton, Utah; Linda S. (Mrs. John West) of Grantville, John A., a student at Thaddeus Stevens Trade School in Lancaster; James A., Richard A., Joseph A. and Robert A., Thomas E. and William M., all at home.

8. Obituary: Lebanon Daily News: obituary of Sarah A. Gerberich on 27 Dec 1976 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹¹ Services were held this morning for Sarah A. Gerberich, wife of John A. Gerberich, Lebanon RD 2, from the Thompson Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Gertrude's Catholic Church. The Rev. John F. Greaney was the celebrant. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert, Joseph, Richard, John Jr. and James Gerberich, and John Basel. Mrs. Gerberich, 48, died Friday morning at her residence after an illness of one year. Born in Lebanon, she was the daughter of the late James A. and Mabel Deck Beicher and was a member of St. Gertrude's Catholic Church. In addition to her husband she is survived by two daughters, Carol A., wife of Franklin Bretz, Pueblo, Colo., and Linda, wife of John Basel, Lebanon; seven sons, John Jr., Cleona, Richard, James, Joseph, Robert, Thomas and William all at home; one grandson, and a sister, Anna Beicher. Reading.

Sarah married John Adam Gerberich Sr., son of Leroy Adam Gerberich and Annabel Mary Snyder, on 8 Apr 1950 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.¹ (John Adam Gerberich Sr. was born on 5 Aug 1930 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA,^{12 13} died on 16 Oct 1989 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{12 14} and was buried in Lebanon: Kochenderfers Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ¹².)