Verna Eldema Moore ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: 9NZ2-RWV.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Newton Twp., Cumberland County, PA. ¹¹ The 1910 census recorded Charley E. Moore, farmer, 37, living with wife Annie, 35; Verna, 11; Sarah J., 9; Grace G., 7; Ester G., 5; Thomas G., 3; and son Linn E., 0. Also in the home was Charley's brother, Lawrence J. Moore, farm laborer, 34, and his sister, Elsie E. Moore, 24. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Charley and Annie were married for 13 years and she had birthed 7 children by 1900, all alive that year.

2. Residence: on 5 Dec 1919 in Walnut Bottom, Cumberland, PA. ¹

3. Newspaper: The Chronicle: "Mrs. Charles Moore visited her daughter, Mrs. Verna Beecher, Shippensburg, Saturday.", 11 Jan 1923, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. ¹²

4. Census in 1930 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. ¹³ The 1930 census recorded owning a $2000 home: John R. Beecher, sheet metal tinner, 32, living with wife Verna E. 31; daughter Evenley G., 9; and sons Harold R., 7, and Lynn K., 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: News-Chronicle: Among those who took Christmas dinner at the home of Charles Moore were John Beecher and family, Jane McBeth and son and daughter Marion Smith and family., 4 Jan 1938, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁴

6. Census in 1940 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. ¹⁵ The 1940 census recorded John Beecher, roofing tinsmith, 42, living with wife Verna, 41; daughter Evelyn, presser in dress factory, 20; son Harold, 17; son Lynn, 15; son Donald, 3. Also in the home is a lodger: Nevin Le Dane, 19. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1950 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. ¹⁶ The 1950 census recorded John Beecher, carpenter, 52, living with wife Verna, 51; and son Donald, 13. In the next household is Ella Beecher, 56, who operates a machine in a shoe factory. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. She is John's sister.

8. Residence: on 8 Mar 1964 in Dickinson, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰

9. Obituary: The Sentinel: obituary of Mrs. Verna E. Beecher on 24 Nov 1969 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ⁹ Mrs. Verna E. Beecher, widow of John R. Beecher, died on Saturday at her home in Centerville. She was 71 years old. She was a member of the Centerville Lutheran Church.
She is survived by three sons, Harold, Centerville; Lynn of Carlisle and Donald, RD 5; a daughter, Mrs. Nevin Ledane, Centerville; two brothers, Thomas Moore, Greencastle; and Lynn, Shippensburg; five sisters, Mrs. Earl Bowers and Mrs. Grace McBeth, both of Walnut Bottom; Mrs. Clever Miles, Shippensburg; Mrs. Harold
Mrs. Verna E. Beecher, widow of John R. Beecher, died on Saturday at her home in Centerville. She was 71 years old. She was a member of the Centerville Lutheran Church.
She is survived by three sons, Harold, Centerville; Lynn of Carlisle and Donald, RD 5; a daughter, Mrs. Nevin Ledane, Centerville; two brothers, Thomas Moore, Greencastle; and Lynn, Shippensburg; five sisters, Mrs. Earl Bowers and Mrs. Grace McBeth, both of Walnut Bottom; Mrs. Clever Miles, Shippensburg; Mrs. Harold Stambaugh, Carlisle and Mrs. Pearl Naugle, RD 5; 19 grandchildren and six-great-granchildren.
The funeral service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m., at the Rearick Funeral Home, Newville, with her former pastor, the Rev. Laverne Stough officiating. Burial will be in the Centerville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 8 o'clock.

Verna married John Raymond Beecher Sr., son of John Simon Beecher and Carrie Irene Gilbert, on 5 Dec 1919 in New Kingston, Cumberland, PA.¹ (John Raymond Beecher Sr. was born on 9 Feb 1898 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA,^{4 17 18 19} died on 8 Mar 1964 in Dickinson, Cumberland, PA ^{4 10 18 19} and was buried on 11 Mar 1964 in Newville: Centerville Memorial Park, Cumberland, PA ^{4 10 18 19}.)