Alfred Beacher Sr.
(1892-1963)
Emma Jane Beecroft
(1899-1977)
William Mortzfeldt
(1892-1966)
Helen Shirley Logan
(1897-1969)
Alfred Robert Beacher
(1922-2015)
Doris Jean Mortzfeldt
(1926-2001)
Gloria Jean Beacher
(1947-2005)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MIchael Vernon Smith

Gloria Jean Beacher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 3 Nov 1947, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): MIchael Vernon Smith in 1970 1
  • Died: 3 Apr 2005, Cape May Court House, Cape May, NJ at age 57 1 3 4
  • Buried: 8 Apr 2005, Cape May: Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cape May, NJ 4 6

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-GQX.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 7 The 1950 census recorded at 1321 W. Fayette Street: Alfred R. Beacher, file clerk for steel company, 27, living with wife Doris J., 23; and daughters Anita L., 3; and Gloria J., 2. Alfred was born in Delaware and the others in Maryland.

2. Newspaper: Press of Atlantic City: Births: Burdette-Tomlin Hospital: SMITH - To Vernon and Gloria (Beacher) Smith, 237 Maurice Blvd., Rio Grande, a daughter, Sept. 1, 1969., 10 Sep 1969, Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ. 8

3. Residence: 237 Maurice Blvd., Rio Grande, NJ on 10 Sep 1969 in Rio Grande, Cape May, NJ. 8

4. Residence: on 3 May 1995 in Redlands, San Bernardino, CA. 9

5. Residence: in 2000 in Rio Grande, Cape May, NJ. 6

6. Obituary: The Press: obituary of Gloria J. King on 6 Apr 2005 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ. 6 KING, GLORIA J., 57 - of Rio Grande, passed away Sunday at the Burdette Tomlin Hospital.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland she has been a local resident for the past five years.
Mrs. King was pre-deceased by her husband Michael King and her grandson, Robbie.
She is survived by: three daughters, Virginia, Tina and Michele; three grandchildren, Barry, Shelby and Robert; father, Alfred Beacher.
Funeral services will be held Friday 11am at the Ingersoll-Greenwood Funeral Home, 1201 Central Ave., North Wildwood, where friends may call from 10 am. Interment will be in the Cold Spring Cemetery, Lower Township.

Donations in her memory to the Animal Welfare Society of Cape May County, 40 State Highway 47 South, Dias Creek, N.J. 08210 would be appreciated.


Gloria married MIchael Vernon Smith, son of Vernon Russell Smith and Hilda Arloa Shawman, in 1970.1 (MIchael Vernon Smith was born on 24 Mar 1943 in Columbus, Muscogee, GA 9 10 11 and died on 1 May 1995 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA 1 9 10 11.)

Sources

1 Records of Michelle Smith Crawford, Email from Michelle Crawford August 2015.

2 Beacher, Bruce Franklin, Beau-Chere, The Beacher Family Newsletter, Issue 1 Sep 1978.

3 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), SSN 534720154 Gloria Jean Beacher, aka Gloria Jean Smith aka Gloria Jean King b. 3 Nov 1947 d. 3 Apr 2005.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29999302.

5 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 2 Oct 1974, page 41. Obituary of Anita L. Freeburger.

6 The Press (Atlantic City, NJ), 6 Apr 2005, obituary of Gloria J. King.

7 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F96-NVRH Alfred R. Beacher.

8 "Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ)," 10 Sep 1969, page 19.

9 San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.), 3 May 1995, page 28.

10 FamilySearch.org, California Death Index, 1905-1939 (Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPF4-XC6 : Michael Vernon King, 01 May 1995; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

11 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBB7-JNL Michael V King, 01 May 1995.


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