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- Watertown NY Daily Times - 2/3/1969
ADAMS CENTER -Mrs
Fern Beam, 80, died Satur-
day at 4:30 p.m. in the Hill-
crest Nursing home, Adams,
were she had been a patient
three years..
The funeral will be Tues-
day at 1 p.m.. at the Wildman
funeral home, Whitesville.
Burial will be in Union cem-
etery, Alfred's Station.
Surviving are two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Lyle (Arloine)
Cady, Adams Center and Mrs.
John (Ernestine) Sherburne,
Hornell; three grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren;
a brother, John Briggs, Ontar-
io, N.Y. and a sister, Mrs
Gertrude Scott, Belmont.
She was born March 4, 1888
at Almond, a daughter of
Delbert and Wealthea
Briggs. After attending Al-
mond school, she was mar-
ried to George Lewis of Al-
fred Station in 1907. He op-
erated a store at Whitesville
and was also the postmaster
from 1925 to 1938, retiring
in 1946
Mrs.. Beam assisted in the
post office for 15 years. The
couple came to Adams Ce-
ter, spending summers on
Cady road, and winters in
Florida, until his death in
1957.
On June 12, 1962, she mar-
tied Ralph Beam of Franklin,
Ind. Later, the couple sep-
erated.
She was a member of the
Universalist church, Whites-
ville, and a member of the
Rebekahs.
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