Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Beckford
First Name
Clara
Middle Name
A.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Brooks, ME
Date of Birth
1849?
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1940-12-01
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 12-5-1940, p.3
Obituary
Mrs. Clara A. Beckford Mrs. Clara A. Beckford, 91, widow of Charles Beckford, died Sunday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ryan with whom she has resided for the past eleven years. Mrs. Beckford was born in Brooks but has been a resident of Dexter for many years the Bickford home being on Upper Spring street. Surviving are several nieces and nephews among whom are Dr. C. L. Ryan, Mrs. Angie Moore of Corinna and Mrs. Bertha Brown of Yonkers, N. Y., and others in Philadelphia. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. K. R. Hutchinson officiating. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery, and the bearers were Dean W. Rollins, Nathan C. Bucknam, Herbert N. Gates and Charles S. Brewster.