Eleanor Elizabeth Biecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: LF2L-GN8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Palmyra, Lebanon, PA. ¹ The 1930 Census recorded George R. Biecher, 30, living with wife Grace M., 30; daughter Eleanor E., 2, and sister Helen M., 29. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Eleanor in Connecticut.

2. Newspaper: News-Chronicle: "Mr. And Mrs. George Beicher and children, Eleanor and Buddy, of Chambersburg spent Wednesday with mrs. Beicher's parents, Mr. And Mrs. A. A. Burkholder, North Earl street.", 9 Jul 1935, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰

3. Census in 1940 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA. ¹¹ The 1940 Census recorded George R. Biecher, high school teacher, 40, living with wife M. Grace, 40; daughter Eleanor E., 12, and son George R., 7. George's income in 1929 was $1,350. was Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. In 1935 they lived in the same home.

4. Newspaper: Morning Herald: New Nursing Class At Local Hospital (photo of Eleanor Biecher), 7 Sep 1946, Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ¹² Pictured above as they appeared to enter on their training this week, the 20 members of the 1949 class of the Washington County Hospital School of Nursing are noew beginning their studies.

5. Newspaper: Daily Mail: Nurses Will Graduate Here: "Fourteen Student Nurses Will Graduate on Aug. 31, At 8:30 P.M. Graduates will include: Eleanor E. Biecher.", 20 Aug 1949, Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ¹³ "Fourteen Student Nurses Will Graduate on Aug. 31, At 8:30 P.M. Graduates will include: Eleanor E. Biecher."

6. Newspaper: Morning Herald: Engagement of Harry S. Meyers and Eleanor Elizabeth Biecher, 5 Jan 1951, Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ¹⁴ Mr. and Mrs. George R. Biecher, of Chambersburg, announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor Elizabeth, to Pvt. Harry S. Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meyers, of Greencastle, Route Three.
Miss Biecher is a graduate of the Chambersburg High School with the class of 1946 and of Washington County Hospital School of Nursing with the class of 1949. She is now a staff nurse at the local hospital.
Pvt. Meyers is a graduate of the Greencastle High School with the class of 1947 and is now stationed at Camp Pickett, Virginia, with the 43rd Infantry Divison.
No date has been set for the wedding.

[NOTE: evidence shows Eleanor remaining as surname Biecher in newspapers articles in the 1950's suggesting she never married. Her tombstone and Social Security death records name her as Eleanor Biecher, not Meyers.].

7. Newspaper: Morning Herald: "An auto operated by Eleanor E. Biecher, 200 block King St., struck the parked vehicle of Ronald F. McNally, 300 block Devonshire Road, on Saturday. The incident took place on King St. No improper action was charged.", 14 Oct 1957, Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ¹⁵

8. Occupation: assistant supervisor at Washington County Hospital on 5 Apr 1965 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ⁶

9. Newspaper: Daily Mail: Washington County Hospital: "Recognized for 15 years of service were Dr. Stanley H. Macht of the hospital's X-ray department, and Eleanor E. Biecher and Thelma M. Griffin of the nursing staff.", 15 May 1965, Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ¹⁶

10. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: "Two grandchildren, Eleanor E. Biecher, Hagerstown, Md., and George R. Biecher Jr., Carlisle, are receiving $2,470.89 from the distribution of a trust fund created under the will of Benjamin P. Biecher.", 14 Aug 1965, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³

11. Residence: on 14 Aug 1965 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ³

12. Residence: 2377 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, MD on 22 Jun 1969 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ^{7 17}

13. Obituary: Daily Mail: obituary of Eleanor Biecher, age 50. On 19 Jan 1978 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD.

14. Obituary: The Sentinel: obituary of Eleanor E. Biecher on 19 Jan 1978 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁸ Eleanor E. Biecher, 50, 2377 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown. Md., died Wednesday at Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown.
Born May 24, 1927 in Lebanon, Pa., she was a nurse regislered both in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She was a graduate of Chambersbuig High School and Washington County Hospital School of Nursing, and was a member of the Hagerstown Church of Christ.
She is survived by a brother, George R. Biecher Jr., 20 G St., Carlisle; a niece and a nephew.
Services will be held Saturday al 2:30 p.m. in the G. Book Roth Funeral Home, Walnut Bottom Road at Belvedere Street. Carlisle. Kay K. Murray Jr., minister of Hagerstown Church of Christ, and Edward E. Dyche, minister ol Carlisle Church of Christ, will officiate.