DECEMBER 24, 1841 - MARCH 8, 1915
MRS. MAGDALENA BECKLEY
MAGDALENA RUTTIMAN WAS BORN SWITZERLAND, IN 1841, AND DIED IN THIS CITY AT THE HOME OF HER SON, JOHN, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1915, AGED 73 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.
THE EARLY PART OF HER LIFE WAS SPENT IN SWITZERLAND. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HENRY BECKLEY, IN 1868, AND TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN, ALL BEING RAISED IN SWITZERLAND. IN 1884 THE FAMILY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, REACHING FAIRBURY ON MAY 22, OF THAT YEAR, COMING DIRECTLY TO THIS PLACE. SEVEN YEARS LATER, IN 1891, THE FATHER, HENRY BECKLEY, DIED. IN 1900 MRS. BECKLEY WENT TO WOLCOTT, IND., WHERE SHE LIVED WITH HER CHILDREN, JOHN, WILL, EMMA AND LIZZIE, UNTIL 1907, WHEN SHE RETURNED TO FAIRBURY. UNTIL A YEAR AGE SHE MADE HER HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER, EMMA, BUT SINCE THAT TIME SHE HAS LIVED WITH HER SON, JOHN. ALL OF THE SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE HER. THEY ARE: HENRY AND CONRAD, REMINGTON, IND.; LIZZIE, ROCKVILLE, CONN.; JAKE AND WILL. LAS VEGAS, NEV., AND JOHN AND EMMA, OF THIS CITY.
MRS. BECKLEY WAS WELL KNOWN AMONG THE GERMAN PEOPLE OF THIS VICINITY AND ALSO IN WOLCOTT, IND., WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE HAD BEEN A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH FOR 32 YEARS. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL AND LOVING MOTHER AND WILL BE MISSED BY A HOST OF FRIENDS.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 O'CLOCK, AND WERE LAID TO REST IN THE FAIRBURY CEMETERY.
DECEMBER 24, 1841 - MARCH 8, 1915
MRS. MAGDALENA BECKLEY
MAGDALENA RUTTIMAN WAS BORN SWITZERLAND, IN 1841, AND DIED IN THIS CITY AT THE HOME OF HER SON, JOHN, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1915, AGED 73 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.
THE EARLY PART OF HER LIFE WAS SPENT IN SWITZERLAND. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HENRY BECKLEY, IN 1868, AND TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN, ALL BEING RAISED IN SWITZERLAND. IN 1884 THE FAMILY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, REACHING FAIRBURY ON MAY 22, OF THAT YEAR, COMING DIRECTLY TO THIS PLACE. SEVEN YEARS LATER, IN 1891, THE FATHER, HENRY BECKLEY, DIED. IN 1900 MRS. BECKLEY WENT TO WOLCOTT, IND., WHERE SHE LIVED WITH HER CHILDREN, JOHN, WILL, EMMA AND LIZZIE, UNTIL 1907, WHEN SHE RETURNED TO FAIRBURY. UNTIL A YEAR AGE SHE MADE HER HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER, EMMA, BUT SINCE THAT TIME SHE HAS LIVED WITH HER SON, JOHN. ALL OF THE SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE HER. THEY ARE: HENRY AND CONRAD, REMINGTON, IND.; LIZZIE, ROCKVILLE, CONN.; JAKE AND WILL. LAS VEGAS, NEV., AND JOHN AND EMMA, OF THIS CITY.
MRS. BECKLEY WAS WELL KNOWN AMONG THE GERMAN PEOPLE OF THIS VICINITY AND ALSO IN WOLCOTT, IND., WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE HAD BEEN A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH FOR 32 YEARS. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL AND LOVING MOTHER AND WILL BE MISSED BY A HOST OF FRIENDS.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 O'CLOCK, AND WERE LAID TO REST IN THE FAIRBURY CEMETERY.
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