Marvin Louis Beecher ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: 968Q-97Z.

  General Notes:

BEECHER, Marvin Louis

Marvin L. Beecher, 34, died at 8 a.m. Friday 8-18-1944 at St. Joseph's Hospital after an illness of six weeks. The body was removed to the M.B. Wilhoite Funeral Home in Colfax where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday and at 2 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor. The Rev. H.H. Harms will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. He was born 7-18-1910 at Anchor, the son of John Edward and Maud Hasty Beecher. He married Miss Bell Zoll of Bellflower on 10-3-1935. They made their home in Arrowsmith, Il. Surviving besides his wife are three sons; Robert, Wayne and Larry; one daughter, Beverly Joan, all at home; his parents; three brothers, Edward and Ralph both of Colfax; and Delmar somewhere in the Pacific; Mrs. Ida Schleeter, Mrs. Melba (Roy) Quinn both of Anchor and Mrs. Mildred Trembley of Colfax.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 18 Oct 1910 and Anchor, McLean, IL. ²

2. Census in 1920 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL. ⁴ Edward J. Beecher, farmer, 35, was living with wife Maud, 31; Ida N., 12; Marvin L., 9; Melba G., 7; and Edward W., 1 11/12 when the census was recorded on 7 Jan 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Edward's parents were from Germany.

3. Residence: in 1944 in Arrowsmith, McLean, IL. ¹

4. Obituary: on 20 Aug 1944. ¹ Marvin L. Beecher, 34, died at 8 a.m. Friday 8-18-1944 at St. Joseph's Hospital after an illness of six weeks. The body was removed to the M.B. Wilhoite Funeral Home in Colfax where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday and at 2 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor. The Rev. H.H. Harms will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. He was born 7-18-1910 at Anchor, the son of John Edward and Maud Hasty Beecher. He married Miss Bell Zoll of Bellflower on 10-3-1935. They made their home in Arrowsmith, Il. Surviving besides his wife are three sons; Robert, Wayne and Larry; one daughter, Beverly Joan, all at home; his parents; three brothers, Edward and Ralph both of Colfax; and Delmar somewhere in the Pacific; Mrs. Ida Schleeter, Mrs. Melba (Roy) Quinn both of Anchor and Mrs. Mildred Trembley of Colfax.

Marvin married Amanda Belle Zoll, daughter of Unknown and Margaret, on 13 Oct 1935 in Anchor: St. John's Lutheran Church, Mclean, IL.^{1 2} (Amanda Belle Zoll was born in Bellflower, McLean, IL.)