Mrs. Hattie Custer Beery, 84, former well known Decatur resident and widow of Wilson F. Beery, died at 1:55 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the South View rest home at Bluffton, where she had resided since Sept. 11, 1955. She was born in Mercer O., Oct. 24, 1876, and was married to Wilson F. Beery June 2, 1895. They moved to Decatur in 1921 and Mr. Beery was a rural mail carrier until his retirement. He preceded his wife in death April 10, 1955.
Mrs. Beery was a member of the First Methodist church.
Surviving are a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Beery of Frankfort; a
granddaughter, Miss Barbara Beery, Indianapolis, and a grand-
son, Billy Buck of Pasadena, Calif. Four children, two brothers
and three sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. F. Hazen Sparks officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
May 29, 1961
Mrs. Hattie Custer Beery, 84, former well known Decatur resident and widow of Wilson F. Beery, died at 1:55 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the South View rest home at Bluffton, where she had resided since Sept. 11, 1955. She was born in Mercer O., Oct. 24, 1876, and was married to Wilson F. Beery June 2, 1895. They moved to Decatur in 1921 and Mr. Beery was a rural mail carrier until his retirement. He preceded his wife in death April 10, 1955.
Mrs. Beery was a member of the First Methodist church.
Surviving are a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Beery of Frankfort; a
granddaughter, Miss Barbara Beery, Indianapolis, and a grand-
son, Billy Buck of Pasadena, Calif. Four children, two brothers
and three sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. F. Hazen Sparks officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
May 29, 1961
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