Bette Jane Hershey and William Jesse Beecher

WILLIAM JESSE BEECHER was born June 22, 1922 in York, York, Pennsylvania,⁷³⁷⁷ and died July 13, 2014 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.⁴⁷¹⁷ He is buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Seven Valleys, York, Pennsylvania.⁴⁵⁶

He married BETTE JANE HERSHEY, daughter of HAZEL VERNA GEISELMAN and EARL FRANKLIN HERSHEY. She was born May 11, 1925 in York, York, Pennsylvania,⁴⁵³² and died August 17, 1988 in York, York, Pennsylvania.^{4532, 11491} She is buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Seven Valleys, York, Pennsylvania.⁴⁵⁶

Personal Information

• Bette Jane Hershey was a member of the St. James' Lutheran Church, West York, York, Pennsylvania. ¹¹⁴⁹¹

Education

Obituaries

York Dispatch, August 18, 1988¹¹⁴⁹¹

Bette J. Beecher: Worked at Merrill Lynch

Mrs. Bette J. Beecher, 63, of 911 S. Russell St., died at 4:10 a.m. Wednesday at York Hospital.

She was the wife of William J. Beecher.

Mrs. Beecher was a former employee of Merrill Lynch. She was also a member of St. James Lutheran Church in West York and the Early Birds Camping Club.

Born in West York, daughter of the late Earl Hershey and the late Hazel Geiselman Heffner.

Survivors include:

A sister — Pauline Schlegel, York.

Two nieces.

Viewing will be 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Etzweiler Funeral Home, 1111 E. Market St.

Funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Officiating will be the Rev. Robert E. Nale, her pastor, and the Rev. Arthur F. Edmunds, retired. Interment will be at the Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Seven Valleys.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. James Lutheran Church, 25 N. Adams St., York, Pa. 17404.

York Daily Record, July 16, 2014⁴⁷¹⁷

William Jesse Beecher, 92, went to be with his Lord on July 13, 2014. He was the husband of Bette Jane (Hershey) Beecher who died in August 1988. He was born in York on June 22, 1922, a son of the late William Ross and Florence (Briggs) Beecher. Bill was a 1940 graduate of William Penn Senior High School and attended Temple University. Early in his career, he worked with Rudy Glass and then spent 31 years with the U.S. Postal Service. He was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He and Bette were avid campers until her death in 1988. Bill is survived by nieces, Sonia L. Breneman and husband Norman of York, and Glenda Taurins and husband Indulus of New Smyrna, Fla. At the discretion of the family, services are private. Many thanks to Autumn House East for many years of loving care and to Grane Hospice. Arrangements by Etzweiler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 1111 E. Market St., York, PA.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 14, 19302978	West York, York, Pennsylvania	Earl Franklin Hershey Pauline Catherine Hershey Daughter Bette Jane Hershey Son
April 15, 19402979	West York, York, Pennsylvania	Earl Franklin Hershey Pauline Catherine Hershey Daughter Bette Jane Hershey Son