Edward Harner son of Michael F. and Francis (Morris) Harner was born in 1869 and died in 1923 he married on 26 Oct 1892 Alta Beckwith born 10 Feb 1868 and died 15 Dec 1954. No children found. An obituary for Alta Harner was carried in the Benton Harbor New Palladium on 15 Dec 1954 and reads: "Mrs. Alta B. Harner Galien, Dec. 15-Mrs. Alta B. Harner, 86, well known Galien woman, and sister of Clayton, Glenn and Vera Beckwith of Benton Harbor, died Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Osteopathic hospital in South Bend. She had been a patient there for the past week, after suffering a fractured hip in a fall. Born in Weesaw township, Feb. 10, 1866, the daughter of the late John T. and Mary Young Beckwith Mrs. Harner was a lifelong resident of Berrien county. She was married to Edward Harner in 1891. He died in 1924. Her three brothers in Benton Harbor, all prominent in this area, are her only close survivors. A sister, Mrs. Minnie Kool, and a brother, Earl Beckwith, preceded her in death. Mrs. Harner's body will be taken to the Kenny-Connelly funeral home, where funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. The Rev. William Des Autels, pastor of the local Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Galien cemetery."
Edward Harner son of Michael F. and Francis (Morris) Harner was born in 1869 and died in 1923 he married on 26 Oct 1892 Alta Beckwith born 10 Feb 1868 and died 15 Dec 1954. No children found. An obituary for Alta Harner was carried in the Benton Harbor New Palladium on 15 Dec 1954 and reads: "Mrs. Alta B. Harner Galien, Dec. 15-Mrs. Alta B. Harner, 86, well known Galien woman, and sister of Clayton, Glenn and Vera Beckwith of Benton Harbor, died Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Osteopathic hospital in South Bend. She had been a patient there for the past week, after suffering a fractured hip in a fall. Born in Weesaw township, Feb. 10, 1866, the daughter of the late John T. and Mary Young Beckwith Mrs. Harner was a lifelong resident of Berrien county. She was married to Edward Harner in 1891. He died in 1924. Her three brothers in Benton Harbor, all prominent in this area, are her only close survivors. A sister, Mrs. Minnie Kool, and a brother, Earl Beckwith, preceded her in death. Mrs. Harner's body will be taken to the Kenny-Connelly funeral home, where funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. The Rev. William Des Autels, pastor of the local Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Galien cemetery."
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