Patricia Ann Beecher ^{1 3 4 5 6}

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Evening News: Births: Polyclinic Hospital: Oct 31: Mr. And Mrs. Lynn Beecher, 931 Rose street, a daughter, Patricia Ann. Mrs. Beecher was Miss Gerladine Bitner., 4 Nov 1946, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ⁶

2. Census in 1950 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ⁷ The 1950 census recorded Lynn K. Beecher, auto mechanic in garage, 25, living with wife Geraldine M., 25, and daughter Patricia Ann, 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: 547 W. Penn St., Carlisle, PA on 18 Jan 1950 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ⁴

4. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Graduates Win Scholarships, 24 Jun 1964, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ⁸ (photo of Patricia Beecher)
Graduates Win Scholarships
Two from CHS Get Elks Lodge Awards
Two members of teh 1964 graduating class at Carlisle High School have been awarded scholarships by the Elks Lodge in institutions of higher education.
They are Miss Patricia Ann Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn K. Beecher, 547 West Penn Street, who will enter the University of Delaware, and Jonathan C. Terry, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Terry, 250 West North Street, who will enter Mansfield State College.
Miss Beecher was awarded the scholarship offered by Elks Lodge No. 578, Carlisle, and Terry was awarded the Elks South Central District scholarship.
Miss Beecher will major in clothing and textiles at Delaware and Terry will major in music at Mansfield.
Miss Beecher was editor of The Oracle, the senior class year book and was active in the Senior Y-Teens, the Student Coucnil, Order of the Rainbow Girls and was a member of the Senior Activities Committee. She was a member of the first honor group in her class for the last six years.

5. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Patricia Ann Beecher Is Airline Stewardess, 29 Jul 1967, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ⁹ -----
Patricia Ann Beecher Is Airline Stewardess
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(photo) MISS PATRICIA BEECHER
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Miss Patricia Ann Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn K. Beecher, 547 West Penn Street, is spending the summer as a Pan American Airlines stewardess. She is one of 40 college girls chosen to fly during July, August and September, helping with the overload of tourist travel. The girls received five weeks of training in Miami, Fla., where one of the requisites is fluency in a foreign language. Patricia speaks French. The flights are all based out of Kennedy Airport in New York. Patricia's first flight was to Portugal. A 1964 graduate of Carlisle Senior High School, she will be a senior in September at the University of Delaware, where she is majoring in home economics. She is a member of Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority, yearbook staff, American Home Economics Association and a junior counselor.

6. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Miss Beecher Engaged To A. F. Captain, 26 May 1970, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹ -----
Miss Beecher Engaged To A. F. Captain
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PATRICIA BEECHER
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Beecher, 547 West Penn Street, announced the engagement of their daughter Particia Ann to Capt. Richard C. McCoy, USAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. McCoy, Tarrytown, N.Y. Miss Beecher is a graduate of Carlisle Senior High School, 1964, University of Delaware, 1968 and is currently an airline hostess with Pan American Airlines. She lives in New York City. Her fiance is a graduate of Stepinac High School, N.Y., 1961, Providence College, 1965, and currently is stationed at Lockburne Air Base, Columbus, Ohio, with the 4408th Combat Crew Training Squadron. The wedding has been set for September.

7. Residence: on 26 May 1970 in New York, New York, NY. ¹

8. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Patricia Beecher Weds R. McCoy in Post Chapel, 28 Sep 1970, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ² MRS. RICHARD CLARKE MCCOY
(Photo by Sheaffer's Studio)
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Patricia Beecher Weds R. McCoy in Post Chapel
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Miss Patricia Ann Beecher became the bride of Capt. (USAF) Richard Clarke McCoy, at 3 p.m. on Sept 26, 1970, in the Army War College Chapel, Carlisle Barracks.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn K. Beecher, 547 W. Penn St., and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. McCoy, Tarrytown, N.Y.
The double ring ceremony was performed by Chaplain Francis X. Rogue, assisted by the Rev. Gerald Kauffman, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church. The organist was the bride's aunt, Mrs. Edward Bitner, Middle-town, N.Y.
The bride was given in marriage by her father.
Her gown of ivory polyester crepe featured a full length vest of white and ivory cotton brocade, fastened with pearl buttons and ending in a short chapel train. Seed pearls embellished the high-necked collar, bodice and cuffs of the full bishop sleeves. A juliet cap, enhanced by seed pearls, held her triple-tiered veil of illusion, and she carried a bouquet of white roses, wood roses, sea oats and okra.
The bride designed and made her gown and all the gowns of her attendants.
Miss Janice Beecher was her sister's maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Linda McCoy, the bridegroom's sister; Mrs. Jack Keith, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Mrs. Robert Reardon, Wilmington, Del.
Their three-piece ensembles featured orange crepe blouses with double jabots and long sleeves; fitted hip-length vests of yellow and olive gold cotton brocade; and, a-line skirts of orange and olive gold cotton brocade. They wore picture hats of gold chiffon trimmed with honey brown ribbon, and carried bouquets of spider chrysanthemums, wood roses, straw flowers, sea oats and okra. For her daughter's wedding, the bride's mother chose a green print dress of Thai silk, matching light green silk worsted coat, beige accessories, and corsage of yellow cymbidium orchids.
The birdegroom's mother's ensemble was a beige and white cotton faille dress and jacket with white beaded accents, bone accessories, and a corsage of green cymbidium orchids.
John C. McCoy, Jr. was his brother's best man. Another brother, Robert C. McCoy, and the bride's brother, Dennis Beecher, were ushers, as were Herbert Siglinger, Virginia Beach, Va. and Jeffrey Kelly, Wabban, Mass.
The reception was held in the Officers Club, Carlisle Barracks. Out-of-town guests were from New York, Pittsburgh and Ohio. The bridegroom's parents entertained after Friday night's rehearsal at Clemson's Party House, RD1.
The bride was graduated in 1964 from Carlisle High School, and in 1968 from the University of Delaware. She has been an air hostess with Pan American World Airways, New York City, and was on duty on the flight that took the Carlisle High School band to Europe in July.
The bridgegroom, a 1965 graduate of Providence College, Providence, R.I., is stationed with the 4408th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio.
After a wedding trip to Mexico City and Acapulco, Capt. and Mrs. McCoy will reside at 834 Thurber Drive West, Columbus, Ohio.

9. Residence: 834 Thurber Drive West, Columbus, OH on 28 Sep 1970 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. ²

10. Newspaper: The Sentinel: Capt. And Mrs. Richard McCoy, USAF, 378 West 53d St., San Bernadino, Calif., announce the birth of a son on Dec. 23. Mrs. McCoy is the former Patricia Beecher of Carlisle. Her parents are Mr. And Mrs. L. K. Beecher, 547 West Penn St., 29 Dec 1972, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰ Capt. and Mrs. Richard McCoy, USAF, 378 West 53d St., San Bernadino, Calif., announce the birth of a son on Dec. 23. Mrs. McCoy is the former Patricia Beecher of Carlisle. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Beecher, 547 West Penn St.

11. Residence: on 18 Jul 1981 in Medford Lakes, Burlington, NJ. ¹¹

12. Residence: on 22 Oct 1985 in , , IL. ¹²

13. Residence: McGuire Air Force Base on 26 Jan 1991 in McGuire Air Force Base, Burlington, NJ. ³

14. Residence: on 6 Sep 1998 in Warner Robins, Houston, GA. ¹³

15. Residence: on 15 Feb 2017 in Eatonton, Putnam, GA. ⁵

Patricia married Richard Clarke McCoy, son of John C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth Riehl, on 26 Sep 1970 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA.^{1 2} (Richard Clarke McCoy was born on 31 Dec 1943 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA ¹⁴.)