Bertha Beecher ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Caernarvon Twp., Berks, PA. ³ The 1880 census recorded Jesse Robison, laborer, 68, living with wife Sarah A., 58; and son Henry, shoemaker, 23. Also in the home was grandson Wm. Osburn, 10; and granddaughter Bertha Beecher, 6; brother John Robison, laborer, 75; and brother-in-law David Keephart, laborer, 54. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: Bertha died after a 2 week stay at 115 Park Rd. In Llanerch, PA from congestive heart failure, rheumatic heart disease, 26 Feb 1953, Llanerch, Delaware, PA. ¹

3. Residence: R F D #1, Birdsboro, PA on 26 Feb 1953 in Birdsboro, Berks, PA. ¹

4. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Mrs. Samuel H. Kochel on 27 Feb 1953 in Reading, Berks, PA. ² Mrs. Samuel H. Kochel
Bertha B. (Beecher) Kochel, 79, wife of Samuel H. Kochel, died yesterday in the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Haws, Llanerch. She was a daughter of the late Frank and Margaret (Robison) Beecher and was a member of Harmony Methodist Church, Joanna.

Mrs. Kochel was a school teacher in Robeson Township for many years. She was a graduate of Joanna Seminary and Brunner School, Reading.

Surviving are her husband; six children; Esther R., wife, of Levi B. Cramp, Mohnton R. D.; Thomas D., Birdsboro R. D.; Frank B., Reading; Margaret S., wife of Miles W. Haws, with whom she resided; Henrietta H., wife of Dr. Samuel F. Scheidy, Drexel Hill; and Jessie R., Jamesville, Wis.; 12 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Services tomorrow at 2 p. m. in the Mohr Funeral Home, Birdsboro, the Rev. Verne E. Snyder officiating. Burial in St. John's Cemetery, Gibraltar.

Bertha married Samuel D. Kochel. (Samuel D. Kochel was born on 6 Jul 1876 in Robeson Twp., Berks, PA,⁴ died on 25 Feb 1961 in Robeson Twp., Berks, PA ⁴ and was buried on 1 Mar 1961 in Gibraltar: St. John's Union Church, Berks, PA ⁴.)