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Margaret <I>Scherf</I> Beebe

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Margaret Scherf Beebe

Birth
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death
12 May 1979 (aged 71)
Montana, USA
Burial
Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Secretary to the Naval Inspector at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Brooklyn during World War II.

Worked from 1932-1934 for the Camp Fire Girls national magazine.

Her first novel, The Corpse Grows a Beard, was published by Putnam in 1940.

Published 27 novels, 26 of which were mysteries.

She also wrote a volume in the Nancy Drew series, The Secret of the Wooden Lady.

In 1965, at the age of 57, she married Perry E. Beebe. Perry died in 1975.

She attended Antioch College (1925-1928) in Yellow Springs, Ohio, near Dayton.

On May 12, 1979, she was struck and killed by a drunk driver south of Kalispell, Montana.

Above info from contributor #47477171
Secretary to the Naval Inspector at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Brooklyn during World War II.

Worked from 1932-1934 for the Camp Fire Girls national magazine.

Her first novel, The Corpse Grows a Beard, was published by Putnam in 1940.

Published 27 novels, 26 of which were mysteries.

She also wrote a volume in the Nancy Drew series, The Secret of the Wooden Lady.

In 1965, at the age of 57, she married Perry E. Beebe. Perry died in 1975.

She attended Antioch College (1925-1928) in Yellow Springs, Ohio, near Dayton.

On May 12, 1979, she was struck and killed by a drunk driver south of Kalispell, Montana.

Above info from contributor #47477171


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  • Created by: Carol S
  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92692347/margaret-beebe: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Scherf Beebe (1 Apr 1908–12 May 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92692347, citing Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Carol S (contributor 46785739).