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Note: 1. Copied a Nov 1983 issue of a (Piscataway ?), NJ newspaper: "Mrs. Beers reaches 98, still spins good yarns PISCATAWAY -- Mrs. Lena Beers celebrated her 98th birthday anniversary on November 4 at a party at the Raritan Health and Extended Care Center where she is a temporary resident. The party was given by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Everett T. Wiggins of 175 Normandy Drive. Mrs. Beers makes her home with the Wigginses and will be returning there shortly. Mrs. Beers was born in Missouri in 1884. She graduated in 1908 from Upper Iowa University and was the only member of her graduating class attending the 60th renunion, held with other graduating classes. Besides Mary Wiggins, she has another daughter, Lois, who lives in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Beers is a gifted story teller and can hold the interest of her listeners for hours with tales of her life in the old west. She taught school in North Dakota and in Oklahoma. Mrs. Beers came to Plainfield from Muskogee, Okla., in 1976 and moved to Piscataway in 198-." 2. Copied from the Muskogee Phoenix and Times Democrat of 2 May 1985: "Mrs. Lena White Beers Services for Mrs. Lena White Beers, 100, of Piscataway, N.J., will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Fosters Ivory Chapel of Petering Funeral Home with Dr. Dwight D. Darrah officiating. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery. Born Nov. 4, 1884, in Molino, Mo., Mrs. Beers died Tuesday in Piscataway. She was graduated in 1908, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, with a bachelor of science in education. She lived in Muskogee for more than 60 years and her husband, Charlie Covell Beers, died Oct. 19, 1969. Mrs. Beers was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Chapter 14 of Order of Eastern Star, Mount Olive Chapter of White Shrine and the Halcyn Club. Survivors include two daughters, Mary B. Wiggins of Piscataway and Lois V. Beers of Washington, D.C." 3. Copied from notes of a telephone conversation with Elizabeth (Ellis) Daniel of 28 Sep 1985: "When Lena was a young woman she wanted to be a doctor but was discouraged by her family for a doctor was not a profes- sion for a woman. Next, she wanted to be a nurse but this too was discouraged for it was too menial a profession! Finally, after she married, Lena became a midwife; she finally made it into the medical field! Lena also was a paid secretary for the Eastern Star."
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