Anna Margarethe Wilhelmina Beecher ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: 2Z3W-72M.

  General Notes:

LAGE, ANNA M. BEECHER - Mrs. Anna M. Lage, 82, died at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday 9-26-1972 at Gibson Community Hospital. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church, near Anchor. Rev. Alexander Youck will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation was to be from 6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City. She was born 2-22-1890 near Anchor, a daughter of William and Anna Stroh Beecher. She married Henry W. Lage, 2-1-1911 at Anchor. Surviving are her husband; four sons, Louis Lage, Merlin Lage, both of Anchor; Leo Lage, Colfax; Carmon Lage, Englewood, Colo; three daughters, Hazel Klintworth, Saybrook; Mildred Bielfeldt, Anchor; and Ida Watson, Normal; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grand-children; a sister, Louise Lorig, Seal Beach, Ca. Nine brothers and sisters preceded her in death. She lived in Anchor until 1945 when she moved to Gibson City. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church near Anchor.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Obituary: in , Ford, IL. ³ Mrs. Anna M. Lage, 82, died at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday 9-26-1972 at Gibson Community Hospital. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church, near Anchor. Rev. Alexander Youck will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation was to be from 6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City. She was born 2-22-1890 near Anchor, a daughter of William and Anna Stroh Beecher. She married Henry W. Lage, 2-1-1911 at Anchor. Surviving are her husband; four sons, Louis Lage, Merlin Lage, both of Anchor; Leo Lage, Colfax; Carmon Lage, Englewood, Colo; three daughters, Hazel Klintworth, Saybrook; Mildred Bielfeldt, Anchor; and Ida Watson, Normal; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grand-children; a sister, Louise Lorig, Seal Beach, Ca. Nine brothers and sisters preceded her in death. She lived in Anchor until 1945 when she moved to Gibson City. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church near Anchor.

2. Census in 1900 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL. ⁴ William Beecher, farmer, age 48, born Apr 1852, was married for 27 years and living with his wife, Annie D., 47, born Feb. 1852. They and their parents were born in Germany, while their children living with them were born in Illinois: Henry C., 28, Feb 1876; Lewis E., 20, May 1880; Emma H., 18, Apr 1882; Edward, 15, Feb 1884; Adolph C., 15, Apr 1885; Herman H., 13, May 1887; Annie M., 10, Feb 1890; and Louisa, 8, Oct 1891. William and Annie immigrated to the USA 27 years ago in 1873.

3. Residence: on 17 Jul 1970 in Gibson City, Ford, IL. ²

Anna married Henry W. Lage, son of Henry George Lage and Emilie D. Diekoff, on 1 Feb 1911 in Anchor: St. John's Lutheran Church, Mclean, IL.¹ (Henry W. Lage was born on 11 Nov 1886 in Bloomington, McLean, IL,¹ died on 22 Aug 1973 in Gibson City, Ford, IL ¹ and was buried in Anchor: St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Mclean, IL ¹.)