Barbara Marie Beecher, 91, of Burnsville, passed away peacefully Dec. 22, 2016, at Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation, surrounded by friends. Born in San Francisco, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Elizabeth Unsinn Scholz and the wife of the late poet, teacher and activist John N. Beecher, who died in 1980. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Carl Scholz, and a sister, Claire Scholz Loebbing. She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Jeannine Scholz, of San Pablo, CA; two stepsons, Dr. Michael Beecher and Thomas Beecher, both of Seattle, WA; and by all their extended families.
Barbara and John lived in Burnsville for a short time in the 1970s, and she returned after his death and made Burnsville her home for 36 years.
Internment was in Academy Hill Cemetery, surrounded by the mountains that inspired her passion for painting and capturing their beauty on canvas. Memorials may be made to Academy Hill Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 63, Burnsville, NC 28714.
Barbara and John lived in Burnsville for a short time in the 1970s, and she returned after his death and made Burnsville her home for 36 years.
Internment was in Academy Hill Cemetery, surrounded by the mountains that inspired her passion for painting and capturing their beauty on canvas. Memorials may be made to Academy Hill Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 63, Burnsville, NC 28714.
Barbara Marie Beecher, 91, of Burnsville, passed away peacefully Dec. 22, 2016, at Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation, surrounded by friends. Born in San Francisco, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Elizabeth Unsinn Scholz and the wife of the late poet, teacher and activist John N. Beecher, who died in 1980. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Carl Scholz, and a sister, Claire Scholz Loebbing. She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Jeannine Scholz, of San Pablo, CA; two stepsons, Dr. Michael Beecher and Thomas Beecher, both of Seattle, WA; and by all their extended families.
Barbara and John lived in Burnsville for a short time in the 1970s, and she returned after his death and made Burnsville her home for 36 years.
Internment was in Academy Hill Cemetery, surrounded by the mountains that inspired her passion for painting and capturing their beauty on canvas. Memorials may be made to Academy Hill Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 63, Burnsville, NC 28714.
Barbara and John lived in Burnsville for a short time in the 1970s, and she returned after his death and made Burnsville her home for 36 years.
Internment was in Academy Hill Cemetery, surrounded by the mountains that inspired her passion for painting and capturing their beauty on canvas. Memorials may be made to Academy Hill Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 63, Burnsville, NC 28714.
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