Bertha married Owen F. Staples on 14 December 1935.
Note: Portland - Bertha B. Staples, 96, formerly of Westbrook and Windham, died at a Portland hospital. Born in Jonesboro, she was the daughter of Morris A. and Maud I. (Ellingwood) Beal. Raised and educated in Windham, she was a 1933 graduate of Windham High School. In 1935, Bertha married Owen F. Staples and was home-maker while raising her family. In 1956, she began her working career at Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Portland. She retired from there in 1987 after 31 years of service. Even after her retirement, she continued working part-time until 1990. Bertha enjoyed reading, traveling, and sightseeing, animals, outings to restaurants; doing word jumbles in the newspaper, and her many trips to Jonesboro. Her husband, Owen F. Staples predeceased her on Oct. 3, 2001; three brothers, Harold E. Beal, Cecil R. Beal, and Garfield L. Beal have, also, predeceased her. Survivors include one son, Robert O. Staples, and daughter-in-law, Carol Staples, of Westbrook; one brother, Bertram W. Beal, of Windham, and one sister, Lena B. Irwin, of Westbrook. Rev. Dale Malone officiated. Interment at Windham Hill Cemetery, in the family lot. Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on March 2, 2011.
Bertha married Owen F. Staples on 14 December 1935.
Note: Portland - Bertha B. Staples, 96, formerly of Westbrook and Windham, died at a Portland hospital. Born in Jonesboro, she was the daughter of Morris A. and Maud I. (Ellingwood) Beal. Raised and educated in Windham, she was a 1933 graduate of Windham High School. In 1935, Bertha married Owen F. Staples and was home-maker while raising her family. In 1956, she began her working career at Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Portland. She retired from there in 1987 after 31 years of service. Even after her retirement, she continued working part-time until 1990. Bertha enjoyed reading, traveling, and sightseeing, animals, outings to restaurants; doing word jumbles in the newspaper, and her many trips to Jonesboro. Her husband, Owen F. Staples predeceased her on Oct. 3, 2001; three brothers, Harold E. Beal, Cecil R. Beal, and Garfield L. Beal have, also, predeceased her. Survivors include one son, Robert O. Staples, and daughter-in-law, Carol Staples, of Westbrook; one brother, Bertram W. Beal, of Windham, and one sister, Lena B. Irwin, of Westbrook. Rev. Dale Malone officiated. Interment at Windham Hill Cemetery, in the family lot. Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on March 2, 2011.
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