BERRIEN SPRINGS – Mrs. Ada C. Beckwith, 85 of Berrien Springs, died in St. Joseph Hospital, South Bend Thursday. She was the widow of the late Dougal Rodney Beckwith. Survivors include the daughter with whom she lived, Mrs. Arthur Beebe of Berrien Springs, another daughter, Mrs. Lyda Syson of South Ben; a son, William Beckwith of Elkhart; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Sophropia Gerhart of South Bend.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in South Bend. Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.