Constance Evelyn Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ³ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 523 North 10th Street: Charles E. Beecher, engineer on rail road, 32, living with wife Emma E., 31; and daughter Constance E., 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Harrisburg Evening News: "Mr. And Mrs. Beecher and daughtger Constance will move to their new home at 4101 Derry street, after May 15.", 9 Apr 1926, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹²

3. Census in 1930 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹³ The 1930 census recorded at 89 N. 18th Street: Charles E. Beecher, locomotive engineer for railroad, 42, living with wife Emma E., 41, and daughter Constance E., 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: Constance Beecher To Become Teacher, 8 Jun 1932, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁴ John Harris Graduates Crowd Many Activites Into Four-Year Courses
School activities of all types were well represented by the members of the Jun Senior Class of John Harris who will receive their diplomas at the exercises to be held next Thursday, June 16. Important facts about these students follow:
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To Become Teacher:
Constance Beecher, who intends to matriculate at West chester, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Beecher, 89 North Eighteenth street. She was a member of the Glee Club, Senior Literary Society, Red Cross Club, and hockey, basketball and soccer teams.

5. Newspaper: Evening News, 2 Jun 1933, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁵ Miss Constance Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Beecher, 89 North Eighteenth street, and Miss Miriam Finkenbinder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Finkenbinder, 1712 Boas street, who are students at the West Chester State Teachers' College, are spoending their summer holiday with their parents.

6. Newspaper: Evening News: "Mr. And Mrs. Charles E. Beecher, 89 North Eighteenth street, and daughter, Miss Constance Beecher, recently took a ten-day trip to Florida. Miss Beecher has resumed her studies at West Chester State Teacher's College.", 8 Jan 1935, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁶

7. Newspaper: Harrisburg Evening News: photo of Constance Evelyn Beecher: Will Tour Nation as Peace Volunteer, 17 Jun 1936, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁷ Miss Constance Evelyn Beecher, of this city, will serve this Summer as one of the Emergency Peace Volunteers under the youth division of the Emergency Peace Campaign. Miss Beecher, who attended the Institute of International Relations held at Duke University, Durham, N. C., this month, one of three such institutes held in the Nation, will serve with a group of four or five volunteers, which, under adult leadership, will visit rural communities in thirty different states discussing social and economic causes of war and of possible ways of removing them.
Miss Beecher, a native of this city, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a student at West Chester State Teachers College, where she is pursuing a course in music supervision. She was a member of the Y. W. C. A. and chairman of the West Chester Peace Action Committee.

8. Residence: 1939 Harrisburg City Directory: Beecher, Constance E mus suprv (Newville) r 89 N 18th; Beecher Emma E Mrs. H 89 N 18th in 1939 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁸

9. Newspaper: Shippensburg News-Chronicle: "Miss Constance Beecher, music teacher in the Newville school, will sing with the teachers college chorus of Columbia university in a radio broadcast from station WEAF in New York at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.", 9 Aug 1940, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁹

10. Newspaper: News-Chronicle: "Miss Constance Beecher, Upper Darby, called on Newville friends Saturday. Miss Beecher, former music supervisor in Newville schools, is a music teach in the Upper Darby schools.", 31 Oct 1941, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. ²⁰

11. Newspaper: Shippensburg News-Chronicle: School Party, 14 Sep 1943, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. ²¹ A group of teachers and friends from Newville had a party recently in Harrisburg at the home of Miss Constance Beecher, a former teacher in the Newville school. The group included Miss Kathryn Rickabaugh, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hassler, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stum, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maily, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hoerner, Miss Mary Plough, Miss Frances Graham, Miss Mary Koons and Miss beecher. Miss Beecher is now teaching in the Upper Darby school.

12. Census in 1950 in Collingswood, Camden, NJ. ²² The 1950 census recorded William Whiteley, chemist in oil refinery, 36, living with wife Constance, 35. They were born in Pennsylvania.

13. Residence: 1959 Westport Directory: Whiteley William M. (Constance B.) chemist Dorr-Oliver Inc. H 5 Ambler rd GF in 1959 in Westport, Fairfield, CT. ²³

14. Residence: on 14 Jun 1964 in Westport, Fairfield, CT. ^{5 6}

15. Residence: in 1989 in Camden, Knox, ME. ²⁴

16. Obituary: Bangor Daily News: Obituary of Constance Beecher Whiteley on 2 Jun 1990 in Bangor, Penobscot, ME. ⁷ CONSTANCE BEECHER WHITELEY
CAMDEN \emdash Constance Beecher Whiteley, 75, of Sherman Point Road, died Thursday, May 31, 1990, at a Rockport hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of William Mellor Whiteley. Formerly of Westport, Conn., she wos bom in Harrisburg, Pa., July 24, 1914, the daughter of Charles Edward Beecher and Emma Gockley. She graduated from John-Harris High School in Harrisburg with honors. She was also a graduate of Penn State at West Chester, majoring in music and the University of Bridgeport (Conn) with an MS in music education. Mrs. Whiteley taught public school music in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. She was also a choir director in Westport, Conn. She was a member of Camden-housing and received a commendation from the governor of Connecticut for her work in interfaith housing and resettlement of political refugeesRockport United Methodist Church and was active there and in Connecticut with the Methodist Women. Mrs. Whiteley was a member of Westport Interfaith . She was a member of the UN hospitality committee, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, the Camden Garden Club and was a director of a local women's choral group. Mrs. Whiteley was a member of the American Association of University Women. The Maine division presented her with a letter of commendation for her work in producing the "Information Guide for Abused Women in Maine." The Mid-Coast division of AAUW presented her with a plaque in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the women of Maine. In addition to her husband, William, she leaves two sons: Dr. Herbert Edward Whiteley of Urbana, III. and Dr. Laurence Oliver Whiteley of Durham, NC; three grandchildren. Calling hours will be held 7-9 pm Sunday at Laite 8 Pratt Funeral Home, Nine Mountain St., Camden. Funeral services will be held 11 am Monday, June 4 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Camden. Interment will be in Mellingers Cemetery, Schoeneck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Camden-Rockport United Methodist Church, Wesley Lane, Rockport or the American Association of University Women, care of Mrs. Robert Jaster, PO Box 216, Rockport 04856.

Constance married William Mellor Whiteley, son of Herbert Whiteley and Sophia Brooks, on 3 May 1947 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.^{1 2} (William Mellor Whiteley was born on 1 Dec 1913 in Fort Washington, Montgomery, PA ^{24 25} and died on 11 Jan 2004 in Urbana, Champaign, IL ²⁶.)