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- Niagara Gazette - 11/16/1969
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday in Lockport for three
Niagara County natives who
died in a fire Saturday at
Batavia Downs Trailer Park,
Batavia.
Harold E. Beakman, 66; his
wife, May Vera Beakman. 53,
and her sister, Mrs. Hazel
Ogden. 58, died when a fire
destroyed the Beakman's house
trailer. Mrs. Ogden had been
visiting her sister.
The fire is believed to have
been touched off by a cooking
stove, although the exact cause
has not been determined.
Mr. Beakman, a Lockport
native was a house trainer for
the Robert Metcalf Stables in
Leroy and was a member of
the American Trotting Horses
Association. He was the son of
William Beakman.
Mr. and Mrs. Beakman are
survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Jack (Joyce) Duemmer,
of Ransomville, and Mrs. Roger
, (Bonnie) Seeibinder, of Albion;
a son, Harold J. Beakman of
Lockport and nine grandchildren.
Mrs. Beakman, the former
May V. Coulson, was born in
Gasport, the daughter o f
William and Mary Coulson. She
is also survived by a sister,
Mrs. Gordon Ramming of Middleport.
Mr. Beakman is also survived
by two brothers,. Howard
Beakman of Lockport and
William Beakman of Syracuse
and a sister, Mrs. Leo (Emma)
DeNau of Lockport.
Funeral services for Mr. and
Mrs. Beakman will be held
Tuesday at. 10:30 a.m. from the
Gaul Funeral Home with the
Rev. James Burdick officiating.
Burial will be in Mountain
Ridge Cemetery, Gasport".
Mrs. Ogden, the former Hazel
B. Coulson, was born in Mid-
dleport. She was a member of
the Eagles Club of Lockport.
She is survived by her
widower, Earl W. Ogden, of
Medina; a daughter, Mrs. Mary
H. Lougherey of Middleport; a
son, Thomas Murphy, of Mid-
dleport; a sister. Mrs. Gordon
Ramming, of Middleport, and
11 grandchildren.
Furneral services for Mrs.
Ogden will be Tuesday after-
noon at a time to be announced
at the Gaiil Funeral Home.
Burial will be In Hartland Cen-
tral Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m. today and Monday.
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