Isaac M. Ransbottom
(1862-1938)
Lydia Jane Yoakam
(1866-1933)
Opha L. Ransbottom
(1898-1965)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edward Charles Beecher Sr.

Opha L. Ransbottom 1 2 3

  • Born: 17 Jan 1898, Lafayette, Allen, OH 2
  • Marriage (1): Edward Charles Beecher Sr.
  • Died: 31 May 1965, Lima, Allen, OH at age 67 1 2
  • Buried: Lima: Memorial Park Mausoleum Cemetery, Allen, OH 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: 9J54-65G.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Obituary: Lima News: Obituary of Opha Beecher on 1 Jun 1965 in Lima, Allen, OH. 4 Mrs. Opha Beecher, 76, of 1110 S. Union died 3:10 p.m. Monday in Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.

Born Jan 17, 1898, in Allen County, a daughter of Isaac and Lydia Yoakam Ransbottom, she was a Lima resident all her life and retired in 1960 from DWG Cigar Corp.

Survivors include her husband, Edward C.; a son, Edward C. Jr. of 713 E. Third; a daughter, Mrs. Herbert (Dorothy) Ross of 569 S. Scott; a sister, Mrs. Cecil Cook of 1525 E. Elm; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Lewis Memorial Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman. Rev. Jack Riggs will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.


Opha married Edward Charles Beecher Sr., son of William Henry Beecher and Mary Lucyna White. (Edward Charles Beecher Sr. was born on 30 May 1894 in Franklin, Venango, PA,5 6 died on 16 Jul 1969 in Lima, Allen, OH 1 and was buried in Lima: Memorial Park Mausoleum Cemetery, Allen, OH 1.)

Sources

1 Lima News (Lima, OH) (Lima, Allen County, Ohio.), 17 Jul 1969, obituary of Edward C. Beecher Sr.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67437590.

3 FamilySearch.org, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXJT-LD4 Woodrow Davis and Dorothy Beecher, 02 Jan 1939; citing Adams County; FHL microfilm 002321634.

4 Lima News (Lima, OH) (Lima, Allen County, Ohio.), 1 Jun 1965, obituary of Opha Beecher nee Randsbottom.

5 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Franklin Ward 2, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1423; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1375436.

6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M34J-X7H William H Bracher, Franklin city, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241490.


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