Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Joseph R. Beeching and Hazel Becraft

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Husband Joseph R. Beeching [3746]

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1990
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY 1

       Marriage: 11 Dec 1942

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Wife Hazel Becraft [3721] ²

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           Born: 21 Mar 1924 - Oxford, NY
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Apr 2001 - Westerly, RI
         Buried: 18 Apr 2001 - Fairview Cemetery, New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY 1
FamilySearch ID: LN2Y-4GT

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         Father: Waldo William Becraft [3717] (1900-1967) 3
         Mother: Junia V Warner [3720] (1902-1938) 2

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Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Greene Village, Chenango Co, NY. South Chenango Street
Crosby, Lewis, head, age 30, born NY, laborer, town maintenance; wife Beatrice, age 28, born OH; son, Lyman, age 1, born NY; son, Wayne, 0/12, born NY.

Becraft, Hazel, county change, age 16, born NY, from Norwich, Chenango, NY.
Becraft, Waldo, county change, age 13, born NY, from Norwich, Chenango, NY.
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• Her obituary was published in The Daily Star on 12 Apr 2001. Hazel Beeching
PITTSFIELD - Hazel Beeching, 77 years old, of Pittsfield, died Thursday, April 12, 2001, in Westerly, R.I.
She was born March 21, 1924, in Oxford, the daughter of Waldo and Juna (Money) Becraft.
She married Joseph R. Beeching on Dec. 11, 1942. He died March 25, 1990.
She spent her childhood in the Norwich and Oxford areas.
She was a graduate of Oxford Central School.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (JoAnne) Gould, Pittsfield; two sons, James R. Beeching of Brewerton, and Douglas G. Beeching, San Benito, Texas; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one sister, Lillian Germain of Albany; and several nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, New Berlin.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at 2 p.m. at the Dakin Funeral Home, New Berlin, with the Rev. Dwight Kenyon officiating. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery, New Berlin.
Calling hours will be Tuesday, April 17, 2001, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Dakin Funeral Home, New Berlin.
Memorial donations may be made to the Otsego County Hospice.
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Children

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Sources

1 Findagrave.com.

2 http://www.snowscomputer.com/Close/Generations/Generation5.htm.

3 Larry Foley, "Foley Ancestors" (rootsweb.com).