Verna M. Kraft ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: 27RK-QL6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Lower Windsor Twp., York, PA. ³ The 1910 census recorded Wesley E. Kraft, 34, living with wife Caroline, 33; Verna, 9; Margarete, 2, and John, 0. Also in the home was hired man Curtis Hollinger, 17.

2. Newspaper: York Dispatch: Beecher-Kraft Wedding, 6 Jun 1921, York, York, PA. ¹¹ BEECHER-KRAFT
Wrightsville Man and Delroy Girl Married in Bride's Home - Hallam
Hallam, June 6 -- Paul A. Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Beecher, Wrightsville, and Miss Verna M. Kraft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kraft, Delroy, were married at the Reformed parsonage, by the REv. Walter E. Garrett, on Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. The newleyweds will reside in Wrightsville. Mrs. Beecher was actively identified with the Canadochly Reformed church. She was one of the leading sopranos in the choir, taught in the premary department and was much interested in the young people's work of the church. Mr. Beecher is employed as a clerk in the Pennsylvania railroad station at Wrightsville.

3. Census in 1930 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ¹² The 1930 Census recorded at 329 Locust Street Jacob M. Bucher [index error], carpenter railroad, 55, living with wife Mary E., 55; and Willard Crouder, 35. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Living next door at 327 Locust Street is Paul A. Bucher [index error], tripest railroad, 34, with wife Verna M., 29; Mary K., 8; Julia L., 6; Doris J., 4; and Everett, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1940 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ¹³ The 1940 census recorded owning a home at 327 Locust Street in Wrightsville Paul Beecher, railroad clerk, 44, living with wife Verna, 39; Mary, 17; Julia, 16; Doris, 14; Everett, 11; and Audrey, 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Next door is Mary Beecher, widow, 64, living alone.

5. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: "Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beecher and daughter, Audrey, spent a few days visiting their daughter, Miss Julia Beecher, a member of the nursing staff of Hines Veterans hospital, Chicago, Ill.", 3 Oct 1947, York, York, PA. ¹⁴

6. Census in 1950 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ¹⁵ The 1950 census recorded at 327 Locust Street: Paul Beecher, 44, railroad ticket clerk, living with wife Verna M., 49; daughter Mary K., stenographer for electrical supplies, 27; son P. Everette, mortician at funeral home, 21; and daughter Audrey E., 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

7. Residence: on 7 Oct 1952 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ¹⁰

8. Residence: 327 Locust St., Wrightsville, PA on 23 Oct 1954 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ¹⁶

9. Residence: 327 Locust St., Wrightsville, PA on 8 Mar 1961 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ¹⁷

10. Residence: on 25 Sep 1975 in Wrightsville, York, PA. ⁴

11. Obituary: Gettysburg Times: obituary of Mrs. Paul A. Beecher on 26 Sep 1975 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ^{4 18} Mrs. Verna M. Kraft Beecher, 74, wife of Paul A. Beecher, Wrightsville, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday at York Hospital.
Born in East Prospect, she was a daughter of the late Wesley and Mary Stauffer Kraft.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Wrightsville, and of the churches' Fidelity Sunday School Class and the Lutheran Women's Society. She also was a member of the Half-Century Fellowship Club of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, York; Lutheran Home Auxiliary of York; American Association of Retired Persons; and the Auxiliary to York Commandery 21, Knights Templar.
Surviving in addition to her husband are four children, Mary K. Beecher, at home; Mrs. Julia L. Brattin, Aurora, Ill.; Paul E. Beecher, Lancaster, and Mrs. Audrey E. Lower, Biglerville R. 2; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and four sisters and brothers, Mrs. John Abel, John Kraft and Mrs. Jacob Lehman, all of York R. 12, and Mrs. Hollis Kocher, Hellam.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Etzweiler Funeral Home, Inc, 700 Hellam St., with her pastor, the Rev. James R. Nace, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Wrightsville.

Verna married Paul Allen Beecher, son of Jacob Mallalieu Beecher and Mary Emma Roth, on 4 Jun 1921 in Hallam, York, PA.¹ (Paul Allen Beecher was born on 8 Jan 1896 in Wrightsville, York, PA,^{19 20 21 22 23 24} died on 15 Apr 1988 in Wrightsville, York, PA ^{5 21 24} and was buried on 18 Apr 1988 in Wrightsville: Fairview Cemetery, York, PA ^{5 21}.)