Bessie L. Beal
Aug. 18, 1898-March 29, 1980
Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 31, 1980, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Bessie L. Beal, 81, of Route 1, Buchanan, died at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Schato Nursing Home in Dowagiac following an extended illness.
Mrs. Beal was born Aug. 18, 1898, in LeRoy, and came to the Buchanan area from there in 1920. Her husband, the late Joseph Beal, died in 1932.
Mrs. Beal is survived by a son, Richard I. Williams of Buchanan; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Miller of Rice Lake, Wis., three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. James Murphy of the Christian Center, South Bend, officiating. Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.