William P. Campshure
(1891-1953)
Irene J. Herbert
(1895-1973)
Audrey Louise Campshure
(1919-2012)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Robert Matthew Miller

2. Chester Arthur Beecher

Audrey Louise Campshure 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 29 Jul 1919, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Robert Matthew Miller
  • Marriage (2): Chester Arthur Beecher on 17 Nov 1947 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 1
  • Died: 29 Oct 2012, Lancaster, Grant, WI at age 93 1 2
  • Buried: Lancaster: Saint Clements Cemetery, Grant, WI 2

   FamilySearch ID: LXMC-MWQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: 1939 Green Bay City Directory: Miller Robt (Audrey) bartndr Jules Harring h 125 1/2 N Broadway in 1939 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. 5

2. Census in 1940 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. The 1940 census recorded at 1221 14th Avenue: Audrey Miller, divorced, waitress, 20, living with her sister, Joyce Jorgensen, 22, witih her husband Richard Jorgensen, salesman in retail clothing store, 28, and their daughter Jeane, 2. Everyone was born in Wisconsin.

3. Census in 1950 in West De Pere, Brown, WI. 6 The 1950 census recorded at 109 N. 6th Street in West De Pere: Chester A. Beecher, 40, bartender in tavern, living with wife Audrey, 30, bartender in tavern, and step daughter Joanne Miller, 12. Chester was born in Indiana and Audrey and Joanne in Wisconsin.

4. Residence: Beecher, Chas L (Alvina) supvr Nicolet Paper h1016 S 7th (WDeP) in 1955 in De Pere, Brown, WI. 7

5. Residence: 107 N. Sixth Street, De Pere, WI on 22 Oct 1964 in De Pere, Brown, WI. 8

6. Residence: 109 N. 6th Street, De Pere, WI on 17 Nov 1971 in De Pere, Brown, WI. 3

7. Residence: on 6 Nov 2001 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. 4

8. Obituary: Grant County Herald Independent: Obituary of Audrey L. Beecher on 1 Nov 2012 in Lancaster, Grant, WI. 1 Audrey L. Beecher, 93, Lancaster formerly of Green Bay, passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born on July 29, 1919, in Milwaukee, the daughter of William P. and Irene (Hebert) Campshure.

Audrey married Chester "Art" Beecher in 1947, and together they owned and operated the Club Nicolet in De Pere for 22 years and the Seymour Hotel from 1961 until 1966. Following their retirement she opened "Audrey's Wig Salon" in De Pere. She was very creative with needlework, crafts, and stained glass, liked to travel and was an avid Green Bay Packer fan.

Survivors include her daughter, Joanne Kemps, Lancaster; her children, Dawn (Greg) Miller, Scott (Deborah) Kemps, Carla (David) Ruth, LeeAnn (Marland) Bode, and Christopher (Raquel) Kemps; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; a son, Don R. (Joan) Miller and his children, Michael, Kari, Tom "TJ" and Sue; her sisters: Joyce LeFebvre and Elaine Jorgensen, both of Green Bay; her god-daughter, Audrey Gerads; special friend, Randy Bouche and many other relatives and friends.

In addition to her parents, Audrey was preceded in death by her husband; a brother, William "Bud" Campshure; her son-in-law, James Kemps; and a grandson, Todd Kemps.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at 2 p.m. at St. Clement Catholic Church in Lancaster, with Father William Seipp officiating. Burial will be in St. Clement Cemetery, Lancaster.


Audrey married Robert Matthew Miller, son of Mathias Mathew Joseph Miller and Ruth J. Harris. (Robert Matthew Miller was born on 18 Jul 1917 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, WI 9 and died on 9 Aug 1982 in Green Bay, Brown, WI 9.)


Audrey next married Chester Arthur Beecher, son of Chester Earl Beecher and Edith Sarah Barrett, on 17 Nov 1947 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.1 (Chester Arthur Beecher was born on 21 Feb 1910 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN,10 11 12 died on 17 Nov 1971 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 3 11 12 13 and was buried on 19 Nov 1971 in Milwaukee: Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI 3 11.)


Sources


1 Grant County Herald Independent (Lancaster, Wisconsin.), Obituary of Audrey L. Beecher, 1 Nov 2012, http://www.swnews4u.com/archives/8729/.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99941489.

3 Green Bay Press Gazette (Green Bay, WI), 18 Nov 1971, page 38. Obituary of C. A. Beecher.

4 "Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, WI)," 8 Nov 2001, page 5. Obituary of James Kemps.

5 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1939 Green Bay Directory, printed page 442, online image 192 of 499.

6 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9M-HWB3 Chester A Beecher West De Pere WI.

7 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1955 Green Bay City Directory, printed page 45, online image 34.

8 Green Bay Press Gazette (Green Bay, WI), 24 Oct 1964 page 2.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198722561.

10 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKL1-BTY Chester E Beecher, Hartford Ward 4, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374353.

11 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=347380.

12 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP8W-9PL null, Nov 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

13 FamilySearch.org, Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V891-MY2 Chester A Beecher, 17 Nov 1971; citing "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997.



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