Mrs. Mary Alice Beechwood, wife of William N. Beechwood, 602 Beech street, died at 7:05 o'clock last night in the Southeast Kansas hospital. She was 57 years old and had lived here for seventeen years. Mrs. Beechwood was taken ill last Saturday morning and was removed to the hospital in a critical condition. A major operation was performed Saturday afternoon. However, she took a sudden turn for the worse shortly after 5 o'clock and expired two hours later. The body will be removed from the Skinner funeral home to the family home at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and will lie in state until the hour of the funeral. The services will be conducted at the Holy Name Catholic church at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon by Father J.J. O'Brien, the local pastor. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Besides the husband, who maintains headquarters at Joplin, Mo., the surviving relatives are three sons, Emory of Bartlesville, George of Washington and John of New York city; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Coverdale and Miss Viola Beechwood of New York city; her father J.T. Bell of St. Paul, Kan., six sisters and two brothers. Emory arrived from Bartlesville last night. The other sons and daughters have been summoned and are expected to reach Coffeyville Friday.
Mrs. Mary Alice Beechwood, wife of William N. Beechwood, 602 Beech street, died at 7:05 o'clock last night in the Southeast Kansas hospital. She was 57 years old and had lived here for seventeen years. Mrs. Beechwood was taken ill last Saturday morning and was removed to the hospital in a critical condition. A major operation was performed Saturday afternoon. However, she took a sudden turn for the worse shortly after 5 o'clock and expired two hours later. The body will be removed from the Skinner funeral home to the family home at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and will lie in state until the hour of the funeral. The services will be conducted at the Holy Name Catholic church at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon by Father J.J. O'Brien, the local pastor. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Besides the husband, who maintains headquarters at Joplin, Mo., the surviving relatives are three sons, Emory of Bartlesville, George of Washington and John of New York city; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Coverdale and Miss Viola Beechwood of New York city; her father J.T. Bell of St. Paul, Kan., six sisters and two brothers. Emory arrived from Bartlesville last night. The other sons and daughters have been summoned and are expected to reach Coffeyville Friday.
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