Orel Lot Beher ^{1 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LCTY-VK7.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Denver, Denver, CO. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded Clarence L. Bruno, post office clerk, 22, living with wive Wreatha P., 26; stepson Orel L. Beher, 7; and a lodger Christopher C. Richards, accountant, 38. Clarence and Wreatha were married for less than a month when the census was recorded on 21 April 1910. It was his first marriage and her second. Clarence and his parents were born in Colorado. Wreatha and Orel and their parents were born in Indiana. Christopher was born in Missouri, his father in Germany and mother in New York.

2. Census in 1920 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded renting at 6346 Maryland Avenue: C. Louis Young, barber, 35, living with wife Wreatha, 36; stepson Orel Beher, 16; brother-in-law Leo Snooks, bookkeeper, 32; cousin Orvel Langston, clerk in post office, 32; and cousin Joseph Dick, tinsman in auto factory, 47. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Joseph's father in Germany and mother in Canada.

3. Census in 1930 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁸ The 1930 census recorded renting at 7015 Oglesby Avenue: Louis E. Young, tonsonial barber, 45, living with wife Rutha, 45; stepson Orel B. Beher, public accountant, 26; and nephew Wallace Mull, clerk in cheese factory, 22. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

4. Census in 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded renting at 615 South Bernedo Avenue: Wretha Young, widowed, operator of guest home, 56, living with son Orel L. Beher, single, cafe owner, 37; and 6 other lodgers in the guest home. Wretha and Orel were born in Indiana and lived in the same place in 1935.

5. Census in 1950 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded at 4360 Prospect Avenue: Orel Beher, proprietor for employment agency, single, 47, living with his mother, Wertha Young, 67. They were born in Indiana.

6. Newspaper: Rushville Republican: 1956 Beher Reunion, 10 Jul 1956, Rushville, Rush, IN. ¹¹ 1956 Beher Reunion
The Beher reunion was held Sunday, at the home of Mrs. Cornelia Beher, 721 North Morgan Street. A delicious meal was served at high noon.
Those present of Beher descent were: Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Beher, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Beher, David, Linda and Debra and Mr. and Mrs. Jene Maddy, Christine, Susan and Beth, all of Anderson; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bryant of Kokomo; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beher of Carthage; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stevens of Knightstown; Orel L. Beher of Indianapolis; Mrs Wreatha P. Young of Hollywood, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gurley and son Robert of Fulton, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Ruhlin Overleese, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones and Carol, Connie and Kathie Jones, Mrs, Grace Jessop and Miss Maud Jones.
Friends present included Mrs. Dora Abernathy, Chalmer Nixon, Goldie Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Noland Cull, Gladys Austin, Lawrence Price, Mrs. Cliffie Mull, Mrs. Anna Sipe and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gilson.

7. Residence: on 10 Jul 1956 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. ¹¹

8. Newspaper: Rushville Republican: Wedding of Orel L. Beher and Charlotte Hinshaw, 3 Sep 1958, Rushville, Rush, IN. ² Mrs. Goldie Stewart, Mrs. Herbie Beher of Carthage and Mrs. Cornelia Beher and Mrs. Grace Jessup of here attended the wedding and reception of their nephew, Orel L. Beher to Miss Charlotte Hinshaw at West Union Friends Church near Monrovia Sunday afternoon.

9. Newspaper: Rushville Republican: Beher Reunion, 14 Jul 1959, Rushville, Rush, IN. ¹² The Beher family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mrs. E. M. Sells, near Raleigh, with approximately 35 attending from many places. Those enjoying the gathering were Mr. and Mrs. Orel Beher and Mrs. Robert Beher of Mooresville, Mr. and Mrs. William Beher, of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Herbie Beher of Carthage, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Beher and granddaughter of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brijant of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Brothers of Middletown, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bott, of Muncie, Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Stephenson of Albany, Miss Mary Beher of Frankton, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones and family, Mrs. Carl F. Beher, Mrs. Toss Beher, Mrs. Fred Jessup and the Misses Nellie and Maude Jones, all of Rushviile and Lenora Jones of Phoenix, Ariz.

10. Residence: on 14 Jul 1959 in Mooresville, Morgan, IN. ¹³

11. Residence: on 4 May 1965 in Mooresville, Morgan, IN. ⁴

12. Obituary: Reporter-Times: obituary of Orel Beher on 21 Aug 1969 in Martinsville, Morgan, IN. ¹ ---
Orel L. Beher Dies Suddenly
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Death came suddenly Wednesday afternoon to a Mooresville resident, Orel L. Beher. Mr. Beher of 48 E. Carlisle St., who was employed for the Indiana State Records Bureau, died from a heart attack in his office in Indianapolis. A native of Rushville, where he was bom March 29, 1904, he was the son of Lot and Reatha Young Beher. A resident of Mooresville for the past 12 years, he belonged to the Friends Church and the Mooresville Lions Club of which he is a former president. He also belonged to the Moose Lodge at Elwood and to the Eagles at Marion. He had been connected with the State Records Bureau only since January but prior to that had been manager of the cafeteria at Union Carbide in Indianapolis for 12 years. He was married in 1958 to Charlotte Hinshaw who survives him. Only other survivors are three aunts and two uncles. Funeral services will be at 2:30 Saturday afternoon in the Harvey Funeral Home in Mooresville, conducted by the Rev. Russell Rees. Burial will be in Mooresville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.

Orel married Charolette Elizabeth Hinshaw on 31 Aug 1958 in Monrovia, Morgan, IN.^{1 2} (Charolette Elizabeth Hinshaw was born on 13 Nov 1919 in Monrovia, Morgan, IN,^{5 14 15 16} died on 18 Oct 1999 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN ^{5 14 16} and was buried on 21 Oct 1999 in Mooresville: Mooresville Cemetery, Morgan, IN ^{5 14 16}.)