Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967

ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" KNAPPENBERGER (1865-1939)

Elizabeth "Lizzie" was born 9 August 1865 in Illinois and died 30 November 1939 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. Lizzie married Eli BEAN, son of Ole Bean, on 22 September 1885 in Calender, Webster County, Iowa. Eli was born 9 June 1857 in Norway and died 22 October 1932 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. Lizzie and Eli moved to Ogden, Utah in 1929, but upon his death Lizzie moved back to Fort Dodge, Iowa. Her obituary reads in part, "Mrs. Bean was widely known in the community. She was a great home lover and always very close to her children, her happiest times being spent with them." She was buried in Cedar Valley Cemetery, Calhoun County, Iowa. This couple had four children.
1. Benjamin F. Bean was born 9 October in 1886 in Webster County, Iowa and died 20 January 1965 in San Diego County, California. He married Velma HEDMAN who was born 1887 and died 1924 in Ft. Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. She is buried in St. Olaf's Cemetery in Ft. Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. They had five daughters. Benjamin married on 3 May 1927 in Calhoun County, Iowa to Margaret L. Coffee, daughter of Michale F. Coffee and Elizabeth Burns. Margaret was born about 1887 in Dubuque Iowa. They had a son.

a. Catherine Bean, daughter of Benjamin and Velma, was born about 1910 in Webster County, Iowa
She married Ralph Monroe HANSON on 28 May 1927.

b. Winifred Blanche Bean, daughter of Benjamin and Velma, was born 25 May 1913 in Webster County, Iowa.

c. Maxine Delores Bean, daughter of Benjamin and Velma, was born 5 March 1915 in Webster County, Iowa.

d. Beatrice Bean, daughter of Benjamin and Velma, was born about 1918.

e. Velma or Wilma Bean, daughter of Benjamin and Velma, was born about 1923.

f. Benjamin F. Bean, Jr., son of Benjamin and Margaret, was born about 1928 in Ft. Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.

2. Obidiah (Obie) Henry Bean was born 1 April 1889 in Webster County, Iowa and died 19 October 1954. He married Hulda Maria Nelson, daughter of Andrew Nelson and Emma Carlson, on 25 October 1919. Hulda was born September 1894 in Iowa.

3. Louetta Blanch Bean was born 31 March 1897 in Webster County, Iowa and died 4 November 1961 in Los Angeles County, California. She married Ernest Vern BEACH who was born 1892 and died 1974.

4. Leonard O. Bayne, who changed the spelling of his last name from Bean to Bayne, was born 26 January 1901 in Webster County, Iowa and died 4 May 1974 in Los Angeles County, California. He married Myrtle Mae MARTYN, daughter of Arthur Martyn and Mae Sauer, on 22 June 1922 in Ft. Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. He later married Thelma GARNER, daughter of Phillip Garner and Lula Morris, who was born about 1902 in Utah.

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