Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — MRS. W. H. BEAM IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. W. H. BEAM IS DEAD

Well Known Rensselaer Woman Dies Following Operation. Mrs. W. H. Beam, wife of the Monon agent and one of the best known women in Rensselaer, passed away at 6:45 o’clock Monday morning at the county hospital, following an operation Thursday evening at 8 o’clock for a complicated case of hernia, from which she had long been a sufferer and had undergone one operation for some years' ago. The operation was performed by Dr. Clark of Indianapolis, assisted by Drs. Washburn and Johnson of this city, and the specialist stated It was the worst case he had ever seen. Mrs. Beam’s maiden name was Catherine May Wright. She was born in Illinois and was about 51 years of age at the time of her A death. She is survived by her husl*baiui: three sons and three daughters: Hurley of Chicago, ’ Donald of Monon, Paul, who resides at home; Mrs. Trevor Wilcox of Springfield, O.; Mrs. F. X. Busha of Lafayette and Mrs. Dean Merica of Chicago. Also two sisters', Mrs. White, of Caro, Mich., with whom deceased had spent a couple of weeks, returning home only a week before her death, and one sister now in Alabama, who was unable to attend the funeral. Short funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 5 o clock at the home on the corner of Cullen and Elm streets and burial made in Weston cemetery.