Bernice M. Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: LVZK-BZC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded John L. Becker [sic, as indexed because handwriting of Beeker is poor], farmer, 40, living with wife Dora, 40; Opal, 16; Hazel, 14; Magdalene, 13; Manford, 11; and Burnice, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana. John and Dora were married for 17 years and she had birthed 5 children all alive in 1910.

2. Census in 1920 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded owning his home: John L. Becker [sic, as indexed because handwriting in census of Beeker is hard to read], farmer, 50, living with wife Dora, 50; and daughter Bernice, 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

3. Residence: on 9 Dec 1937 in Monroe, Monroe, MI. ³

4. Residence: on 25 Mar 1942 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN. ²

5. Arrival: 1943, in Monroe, Monroe, MI. ⁶

6. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: Beekers File Suit To Break Will, 27 Oct 1956, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁹ Suit To Break Will Is Filed
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FRANKFORT -- Suit to set aside the will of May B. Black, filed for probate in Circuit court, was instituted Friday by eight persons -- Opal Aper, Hazel Chenoweth, Manford Beeker, Bernice Beeker, Clifford Beeker, Leonard Beeker, John Beeker and Stephen Beeker against Magdeline Hornbeck as executrix of the estate and Magdoline Hornback, Thornton Beeker and Katheryn Shigley as heirs named in the will. The estate includes real estate in Clinton and Tippecanoe counties estimated to be worth $30,000. The will was drawn April 11, 1950. The complaint alleges undue influence in the writing of the will.

7. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Bernice M. Beeker on 6 Jan 1990 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶ ---
Bernice M. Beeker, 84, Battle Ground native
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Bernice M. Beeker, 84, died Wednesday night in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe, Mich. Born April 14, 1905, in Battle Ground, she graduated from Battle Ground High School and Lafayette Business College. She moved to Monroe from Indiana in 1943. Miss Beeker was a bookkeeper at Gratton Construction Co. in Monroe until her retirement. She was a life member of Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Hazel Chenoweth of Flint, Mich.