Jerry James Beecher ^{1 3 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: L813-WK5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military in , , , Vietnam: SA U.S. Navy.

2. Newspaper: The Californian: Births: BEECHER - To Mr. And Mrs. John Henry Beecher, Seaside, boy, Jerry James Beecher, Sept. 30, Monterey County Hospital., 26 Oct 1949, Salinas, Monterey, CA. ⁷

3. Census in 1950 in Pacific Grove, Monterey, CA. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded in Apt. 2 at 239 Junipero Avenue: John H. Beecher, no occupation, 40, living with wife Betty J., 25; son John H., 1; and son Jerry J., born in Sep. 1949. Also in the home is Betty's sister Nadine E. Elsea, 20, married. Betty and Elsea were born in Nebraska, John in Pennsylvania and the children in California.

4. Occupation: U.S. Navy on 19 Jun 1967 in Florence, Lane, OR. ¹

5. Residence: on 19 Jun 1967 in Florence, Lane, OR. ¹

6. Newspaper: The World: Navy Enlistments: Seaman Recruit Jerry James Beecher, son of Mr. And Mrs. John H. Beecher, Route 1, Box 764, Florence., 24 Oct 1967, Coos Bay, Coos, OR. ¹¹

7. Newspaper: The World, 4 Mar 1969, Coos Bay, Coos, OR. ¹² Seaman Apprentice Jerry J. Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Beecher Sr., Route 1, Florence, completed a two week Air Launched Weapons General Ordnance court at the Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif.
Conducted by Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment 4031, the course trains shipboard ordnance personnel in the safe handling, storage, assembly, flying and defusing launched bombs and rockets. His wife, Roxie, also lives on Route 1, Florence.

8. Residence: on 4 Mar 1969 in Florence, Lane, OR. ¹²

9. Newspaper: The World, 3 Sep 1969, Coos Bay, Coos, OR. ¹³ Seaman Apprentice Jerry J. Beecher, son of Mrs. John Beecher, Florence, is a crew member aboard the attach aircraft carrier USS Oriskany in the Western Pacific. The carrier recently spent six days in Hong Kong after completing the first half of her deployment off Vitenam engaged in air operations. The Oriskany, homeported in Alameda, Calif., is the flagship for the commander of Carrier Division 7.

10. Newspaper: The World: Seaman Apprentice Jerry J. Beecher, 2 Dec 1969, Coos Bay, Coos, OR. Seaman Apprentice Jerry J. Beecher , son of Mrs. John H. Beecher, Route 1, Florence, has completed a seven month deployment in the Tonkin Gulf aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, homeported at Alameda, Calif. During the deployment, the Oriskany visited Hawaii, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Sasebo, Japan.

11. Newspaper: Register-Guard: Dissolutions of Marriage: 10 Apr 1972 Jerry L. Beecher and Roxanna L. Beecher, 18 Apr 1972, Eugene, Lane, OR. ¹⁴

12. Residence: 3555 Avenue H Spc 25, White City, OR 97503 on 1 Aug 1993 in White City, Jackson, OR. ¹⁵

13. Residence: 3777 Falcon St Spc 44, White City, OR 97503 on 1 Jan 2009 in White City, Jackson, OR. ¹⁵

14. Obituary: Mail Tribune: obituary of Jerry James Beecher, died age 63 in White City, OR on 22 Jan 2013 in Medford, Jackson, OR. ⁸

15. Eagle Point National Cemetery burial record: Jerry James Beecher, Seaman Apprentice, b. 30 Sep 1949, d. 18 Jan 2013, section Col 2 Row C Plot 25, War: Vietnam Branch: U.S. Navy in Eagle Point: Eagle Point National Cemetery, Jackson, OR on 28 Jan 2013. ⁹

Jerry married Roxanna Lou Rauch, daughter of Lonnie Archie "Red" Rauch and Frances Elizabeth "Betty" Sappington, on 19 Jun 1967 in Vancouver, Clark, WA.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce on 10 Apr 1972. (Roxanna Lou Rauch was born on 4 Nov 1949 in Florence, Lane, OR ^{1 3}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. They were divorced on 10 Apr 1972 in Vancouver, Clark, WA. ¹⁶

Jerry next married Mary Ann Conken, daughter of Dave Conken and Lula Keegan, on 22 May 1973 in Medford, Jackson, OR.^{3 4} The marriage ended in divorce on 24 Jul 1974. (Mary Ann Conken was born on 14 Oct 1936 in Mary Helen, Harlan, KY ³.)