Patricia Ann Rhoades

   Another name for Patricia was Patricia Ann Spong.^{1 4 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LF2L-552.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Allen Twp., Cumberland, PA. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded at 209 Milltown Road: Robert C. Shearer, cemetery caretaker, 32, living with wife Catharine M., 33; daughter J. Carroll Shearer, 4; daughter Joyce E. Shearer, 1; and step-daughter Patricia A. Rhoads, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Occupation: clerk on 24 May 1946 in Wormleysburg, Cumberland, PA. ¹

3. Residence: 12 4th Avenue, Wormleysburg, PA on 24 May 1946 in Wormleysburg, Cumberland, PA. ¹

4. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: Tell Bethrothal of Miss Spong, 29 Jan 1948, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ⁶ Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shearer, Jr., of Camp Hill, R. D. 1, have announced the engagement of Mrs. Shearer's daughter, Miss Patricia Ann Spong, to Donald E. Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Beecher, of 607 Sixteenth street, New Cumberland.
Miss Spong was graduated from Lemoyne High School and is employed at the State Department of Revenue. Mr. Beecher was graduated form the New Cumberland High School and is employed at the Harrisburg Gas Company.

5. Newspaper: Evening News: Spong-Beecher Wedding, 14 Jun 1948, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ² Patricia Spong Wed To Donald E. Beecher
(photo) MRS. DONALD E. BEECHER
CAMP HILL, June 14. The marriage of Miss Patricia A. Spong, daughter of Mrs. Robert C. Shearer, Jr., Camp Hill, R. D. 1, to Donald E. Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Beecher, of New Cumberland, took place June 6 in Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg. The Rev. E. Charles Smith, assistant pastor, officiated. The bride, given in marriage by her grandfather, Jacob H. Spong, was attended by Mrs. Raymond C Baker, Jr., matron of honor. Joyce E Shearer, sister of the bride, was flower girl. E. Fred Ross was best man and the ushers were Wayne G. Beecher, brother of the bridegroom, and Jacob H Spong, Jr., uncle of the bride. Following a reception at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Everett S. Shearer, the pair left on a wedding trip to Virginia. They are now living at 530 West Sixteenth street, New Cumberland. Mrs. Beecher, a graduate of Lemoyne High School, is employed by the State Department of Revenue. Beecher, who was graduated from New Cumberland High School, served in the Army in the ETO. He is employed by the Harrisburg Gas Company.

6. Residence: 530 West 16th St., New Cumberland, PA on 14 Jun 1948 in New Cumberland, Cumberland, PA. ²

7. Census in 1950 in New Cumberland, Cumberland, PA. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded at 607 16th Street: Samuel Beecher, train engineer, 60, living with wife Emma, 59; daughter Jean, operator of electric billing machine for telephone company, 21; and son Donald, gas reader for gas company, 24 with his wife Patricia, renews operator cards for revenue department, 24. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Residence: 11 S. Second St., Wormleysburg, PA on 19 Apr 1989 in Wormleysburg, Cumberland, PA. ⁷

9. Obituary: Patriot-News: obituary of Patricia A. Beecher on 7 Jan 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁰ Patricia A. Beecher, 92, formerly of Wormleysburg, passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017 in Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Carlisle.
Patricia was a retired employee from the former Bell Telephone Company of Harrisburg. She was a former member of the former Wormleysburg United Methodist Church.
Patricia was the widow of Donald E. Beecher. She is survived by two sons; David E. Beecher and wife Laurie of Camp Hill, Keith E. Beecher and wife Sandra of Enola, a sister, Joyce Hoover of Mechanicsburg, 3-Grandchildren, and 4-Great-Grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Jay Shearer. Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a local charity of choice. Richardson Funeral Home, Enola is handling the arrangements.

Patricia married Donald Eugene Beecher, son of Samuel Meryl Beecher Sr. and Emma Jane Moore, on 6 Jun 1948 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA.^{1 2} (Donald Eugene Beecher was born on 19 Oct 1925 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA,^{11 12 13 14 15} died on 19 Apr 1989 in Wormleysburg, Cumberland, PA ^{7 13 14} and was buried on 22 Apr 1989 in Camp Hill: Rolling Green Cemetery, Cumberland, PA ^{13 14}.)