Laura Christine Wood ^{2 3 4 5 6}

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: Marriage Licenses: BEEKER-WOODS. Murle R., 19; Laura C., 18; both of Parkton., 13 Jan 1924, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹

2. Census in 1930 in Election District 7, Baltimore County, MD. ⁸ The 1930 census recorded renting a home at 104 York Road in Parkton: Murle R. Beeker, railroad employee, 25, living with wife Laura C., 25; son Murle E., 5; and daughter Nellie C., 2. Murle married at age 19 and Laura at 18. Murle his parents, and children were born in Maryland. Laura and her parents were born in Virginia.

3. Census in 1940 in Election District 7, Baltimore County, MD. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 345 York Road in Parkton: Murle R. Beeker, rail road trackman, 36, living with wife Laura C., 35; son Murle E., 16; and daughter Nellie C., 13. All were born in Maryland except Laura in Virginia, and they lived in the same house in 1935.

4. Census in 1950 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded Murle R. Beeker, railroad trackman, 46, living with wife Christine, 45, and mother-in-law Marion H. Tuck, widow, 75. He was born in Maryland and the ladies in Virginia.

5. Obituary: Baltimore Sun: obituary of Laura Beeker on 16 Mar 1997 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁶ BEEKER, Laura.
On March 14, 1997, LAURA C. (nee Wood Beeker) of Shrewsbury, PA, beloved wife of the late Murle R. Beeker, devoted mother of Nellie C. Pehitiz and Murle E. Beeker. Also survived by four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, March 18 at 10 A.M. from the J. J. Hartenstein Mortuary, 24 Second street, New Freedom, PA. Interment Pine Grove (Rayville) Cemetery, Parkton, MD. Friends may call at the Mortuary on Monday from 7 to 9 P.M.

6. Obituary: York Sunday News: obituary of Laura C. Beeker on 16 Mar 1997 in York, York, PA. ⁷ Laura C. Beeker
Shrewsbury
Laura C Beeker of Shrewsbury, formerly of Parkton, Md., died at 7:05 pm March 14 at Shrewsbury Lutheran Retirement Village, Shrewsbury. She was 92.
Bom in Howardsville, Va., March 9, 1905, she was a daughter of the late Marian Giles and Benjamin S. Wood Sr. She was the wife of the late Murle R. Beeker.
She leaves a daughter, Nellie C. Poehlitz, Parkton; a son, Murle E. Beeker, Parkton; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Viewing is 7 to 9 pm tomorrow at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, 24 Second St., New Freedom. The service is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary with the Rev. John Nupp, pastor of Parke Memorial United Methodist Church, Parkton, officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove (Rayville) Cemetery, Parkton.

Laura married Murle Rode Beeker, son of James Christopher Beeker and Mamie Virginia Bull, in Jan 1924 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.¹ (Murle Rode Beeker was born on 23 Apr 1904 in Parkton, Baltimore, MD,^{11 12} died on 17 Jun 1957 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ^{3 4 11} and was buried on 20 Jun 1957 in Parkton: Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ^{3 4 11}.)