Catherine Jane (Houseworth) Beebe
March 17, 1861 – Nov. 26, 1945
Berrien Woman dies at age 84
BERRIEN SPRINGS , Nov. 27 – Mrs. Catherine Jane Beebe, 84 of rural route two, Berrien Springs, died Monday afternoon at the home of her son, Arthur, Berrien Springs, after an illness of eight months. She came here from Pennsylvania at the age of seven.
She was born in Pennsylvania March 17, 1861. In 1880 she married Albert R. Beebe and settled in Portage Prairie. Her husband, Albert, died Dec. 12, 1941. Surviving, besides the son, are two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Cauffman of Portage Prairie and Mrs. John Korn, Niles; and two brothers, Albert and John Houseworth, the former of Portage Prairie and the latter of Jackson.
Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Carl H. Trueschel of Benton Harbor will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Mrs. Beebe was a member of the Portage Prairie Evangelical Church.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 27, 1945, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library