HOUCHIN, MARY LULA—Mary Lula Beals was born August 31, 1865, at Polk City, Ia. At the age of three years she came to Nebraska with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Beals. They homesteaded one mile north of Geneva. She spent her girlhood days in and around Geneva.
August 31, 1881, she was united in marriage to Jacob L. Houchin. To this union were born three children, Floyd R., Hugh H. and Welcome C. She is survived by Floyd and Welcome, Hugh having died in infancy. Her husband preceded her in death seven years.
Most of her life was spent in Nebraska. The past four years she has resided with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Scott, at Bowie Ariz., where she passed away quite suddenly August 8, 1929.
She is survived also by two sisters, Mrs. S.W. Chambers of Blair, Neb., and Mrs. E.L. Cumberland of Geneva, Neb., one brother F.F. Beals of Mooreland, Okla; and three grandchildren.
She had been an active church member since early girlhood, was a member of the W.C.T.U., and an officer of the Order of the Eastern Star of Bowie.
Rev. C.H. Lind of the Fairmont Methodist church conducted the funeral services at the home of her sister, Mrs. E.L. Cumberland, in Geneva at 2:30 Monday afternoon, August 12. Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Nebraska Signal 15 August 1920 Page 1-col. 5.
August 31, 1881, she was united in marriage to Jacob L. Houchin. To this union were born three children, Floyd R., Hugh H. and Welcome C. She is survived by Floyd and Welcome, Hugh having died in infancy. Her husband preceded her in death seven years.
Most of her life was spent in Nebraska. The past four years she has resided with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Scott, at Bowie Ariz., where she passed away quite suddenly August 8, 1929.
She is survived also by two sisters, Mrs. S.W. Chambers of Blair, Neb., and Mrs. E.L. Cumberland of Geneva, Neb., one brother F.F. Beals of Mooreland, Okla; and three grandchildren.
She had been an active church member since early girlhood, was a member of the W.C.T.U., and an officer of the Order of the Eastern Star of Bowie.
Rev. C.H. Lind of the Fairmont Methodist church conducted the funeral services at the home of her sister, Mrs. E.L. Cumberland, in Geneva at 2:30 Monday afternoon, August 12. Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Nebraska Signal 15 August 1920 Page 1-col. 5.
HOUCHIN, MARY LULA—Mary Lula Beals was born August 31, 1865, at Polk City, Ia. At the age of three years she came to Nebraska with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Beals. They homesteaded one mile north of Geneva. She spent her girlhood days in and around Geneva.
August 31, 1881, she was united in marriage to Jacob L. Houchin. To this union were born three children, Floyd R., Hugh H. and Welcome C. She is survived by Floyd and Welcome, Hugh having died in infancy. Her husband preceded her in death seven years.
Most of her life was spent in Nebraska. The past four years she has resided with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Scott, at Bowie Ariz., where she passed away quite suddenly August 8, 1929.
She is survived also by two sisters, Mrs. S.W. Chambers of Blair, Neb., and Mrs. E.L. Cumberland of Geneva, Neb., one brother F.F. Beals of Mooreland, Okla; and three grandchildren.
She had been an active church member since early girlhood, was a member of the W.C.T.U., and an officer of the Order of the Eastern Star of Bowie.
Rev. C.H. Lind of the Fairmont Methodist church conducted the funeral services at the home of her sister, Mrs. E.L. Cumberland, in Geneva at 2:30 Monday afternoon, August 12. Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Nebraska Signal 15 August 1920 Page 1-col. 5.
August 31, 1881, she was united in marriage to Jacob L. Houchin. To this union were born three children, Floyd R., Hugh H. and Welcome C. She is survived by Floyd and Welcome, Hugh having died in infancy. Her husband preceded her in death seven years.
Most of her life was spent in Nebraska. The past four years she has resided with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Scott, at Bowie Ariz., where she passed away quite suddenly August 8, 1929.
She is survived also by two sisters, Mrs. S.W. Chambers of Blair, Neb., and Mrs. E.L. Cumberland of Geneva, Neb., one brother F.F. Beals of Mooreland, Okla; and three grandchildren.
She had been an active church member since early girlhood, was a member of the W.C.T.U., and an officer of the Order of the Eastern Star of Bowie.
Rev. C.H. Lind of the Fairmont Methodist church conducted the funeral services at the home of her sister, Mrs. E.L. Cumberland, in Geneva at 2:30 Monday afternoon, August 12. Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Nebraska Signal 15 August 1920 Page 1-col. 5.
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