Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/10/1948

The body of S/Sgt. Harold D.
Beckett, son of Mrs. Peaarl Beckett,
934 South avenue, will arrive at
the New York Central railroad sta-
tion at 8:56 a.m. tomorrow. He was
killed in action in Burma on July 12, 1944.
Born in Oswego, Sgt. Beckett
came to Niagara Falls at the age of
15 and was employed at E. I. du
Pont de Nemours and company for
seven years, prior to his enlistment
in the army on August 11, 1943.
After training as a machine
funner at Camp Van Dorn, Miss.
he left for overseas duty on Apr.
23, 1944, arriving in India in May.
He was then sent to Burma.
Sgt. Beckett is survived by his
mother, a brother, Glenn L. Beck-
ett, and a sister, Mrs. John Werth,
all of this city.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the Bell Funeral par-
lor, with the Rev. George Keeling
officiating. Interment will be in
Memorial Park cemetery.

George + Pearl. Pearl was born about 1888 in Hannible, Oswego County, NY; died on 24 Feb 1969 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/25/1969

Mrs. Pearl Beckett, 81, of
1149 LaSalle Ave., died in the
Ransomville Nursing Home
late Monday night (Feb. 24,
1969) after an illness of 2-1/2
years.
Born in Hannible, Oswego
County, Mrs. Beckett had
lived in Niagara Falls for
the last 54 years. She was a
member of St. James United
Methodist Church, the Gold
Star Mothers Club of Niagara
Falls, the Spanish-American
War Veterans women's auxiliary
and the auxiliary of Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Post
54, this city.
Mrs. Beckett lost a son in
World War II-Army Staff
Sgt. Harold Beckett who was
killed in Burma.
She is survived by a son,
Glenn L. Beckett, this city;
two grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday at 2 p.m. at
the Otto Redanz Funeral
Home, with the Rev. William
H. Jessop, pastor of St.
James Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Friends may call today
from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday
from 3 to 5 and 7 to
9 pjn.