Mrs. Bessie Bean, 62, of Goshen, formerly of Mishawaka, died at 9:15 a.m. Monday in Warren, Ohio, where she was visiting a daughter. She had been ill for eight months. Born in Michigan May 6, 1911, she had lived in Mishawaka almost all of her life, moving to Goshen in 1963. As Bessie Eckman she married Henry Bean in Osceola in 1964.
He survives, in addition to six sons, Tommy Ward of Osceola, Charles Ward of South Bend, Floyd and Gerry Ward of Elkhart, Ralph Ward of Walkerton, and Robert Eckman of Tuscaloosa, Ala; five daughters, Miss Joyce Ward of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Melvin Peterson of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Harold Ditwiler of Goshen, Miss Alice Ward of San Francisco, Calif., and Miss Doris Ward of Walkerton; a brother, Bert Biggs of Mishawaka; a sister, Mrs. Cora Cook of Twin Lakes, Mich.; and 25 grandchildren.
She was employed at Pine Manor, Goshen.
Friends may call today and all day Thursday in the Thallemer-Goethal Funeral Home.
Published in The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN) Wed., Mar. 13, 1974.
He survives, in addition to six sons, Tommy Ward of Osceola, Charles Ward of South Bend, Floyd and Gerry Ward of Elkhart, Ralph Ward of Walkerton, and Robert Eckman of Tuscaloosa, Ala; five daughters, Miss Joyce Ward of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Melvin Peterson of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Harold Ditwiler of Goshen, Miss Alice Ward of San Francisco, Calif., and Miss Doris Ward of Walkerton; a brother, Bert Biggs of Mishawaka; a sister, Mrs. Cora Cook of Twin Lakes, Mich.; and 25 grandchildren.
She was employed at Pine Manor, Goshen.
Friends may call today and all day Thursday in the Thallemer-Goethal Funeral Home.
Published in The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN) Wed., Mar. 13, 1974.
Mrs. Bessie Bean, 62, of Goshen, formerly of Mishawaka, died at 9:15 a.m. Monday in Warren, Ohio, where she was visiting a daughter. She had been ill for eight months. Born in Michigan May 6, 1911, she had lived in Mishawaka almost all of her life, moving to Goshen in 1963. As Bessie Eckman she married Henry Bean in Osceola in 1964.
He survives, in addition to six sons, Tommy Ward of Osceola, Charles Ward of South Bend, Floyd and Gerry Ward of Elkhart, Ralph Ward of Walkerton, and Robert Eckman of Tuscaloosa, Ala; five daughters, Miss Joyce Ward of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Melvin Peterson of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Harold Ditwiler of Goshen, Miss Alice Ward of San Francisco, Calif., and Miss Doris Ward of Walkerton; a brother, Bert Biggs of Mishawaka; a sister, Mrs. Cora Cook of Twin Lakes, Mich.; and 25 grandchildren.
She was employed at Pine Manor, Goshen.
Friends may call today and all day Thursday in the Thallemer-Goethal Funeral Home.
Published in The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN) Wed., Mar. 13, 1974.
He survives, in addition to six sons, Tommy Ward of Osceola, Charles Ward of South Bend, Floyd and Gerry Ward of Elkhart, Ralph Ward of Walkerton, and Robert Eckman of Tuscaloosa, Ala; five daughters, Miss Joyce Ward of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Melvin Peterson of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Harold Ditwiler of Goshen, Miss Alice Ward of San Francisco, Calif., and Miss Doris Ward of Walkerton; a brother, Bert Biggs of Mishawaka; a sister, Mrs. Cora Cook of Twin Lakes, Mich.; and 25 grandchildren.
She was employed at Pine Manor, Goshen.
Friends may call today and all day Thursday in the Thallemer-Goethal Funeral Home.
Published in The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN) Wed., Mar. 13, 1974.
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