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Willie Margaret <I>Dorrough</I> Beaghan

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Willie Margaret Dorrough Beaghan

Birth
Page County, Virginia, USA
Death
2 Jul 1942 (aged 49)
Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Page News & Courier, Friday 3 Jul 1942

The sudden death of Mrs. Willie Dorrough Beaghan at her home in Shenandoah yesterday (Thursday) morning at two o'clock greatly distress her many friends.

Mrs. Beaghan had been in the best of health when she retired and was sick only about thirty minutes before she died.

She was 49 years old, the daughter of the late Sam and Sally Stanley Dorrough; 31 years ago she married John Jacob Beaghan, an engineer in the yards at Shenandoah, who survives.

She was a member of the Christian Church. She is survived by nine children, Lewis, at home, Mrs. Henry (Margaret) Hopf, of Baltimore; Mrs. Charles (Helen) Hanback, of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Paul (Dorothy) Shirkey, of Ocean View; Mrs. Chester (Katherine) Hockman, at home; Peggy and Malcolm, at home; Ben, who is with the Army and stationed at Trinidad, and Sherwood who is with the Army and is stationed in Texas. Four grandchildren survive and one brother, J.E. Dorrough, who has been in Panama, but is at present home on furlough.

Her brother, Ben, and sister, Virginia, are deceased. Funeral arrangements had not been made at the time of going to press.
Page News & Courier, Friday 3 Jul 1942

The sudden death of Mrs. Willie Dorrough Beaghan at her home in Shenandoah yesterday (Thursday) morning at two o'clock greatly distress her many friends.

Mrs. Beaghan had been in the best of health when she retired and was sick only about thirty minutes before she died.

She was 49 years old, the daughter of the late Sam and Sally Stanley Dorrough; 31 years ago she married John Jacob Beaghan, an engineer in the yards at Shenandoah, who survives.

She was a member of the Christian Church. She is survived by nine children, Lewis, at home, Mrs. Henry (Margaret) Hopf, of Baltimore; Mrs. Charles (Helen) Hanback, of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Paul (Dorothy) Shirkey, of Ocean View; Mrs. Chester (Katherine) Hockman, at home; Peggy and Malcolm, at home; Ben, who is with the Army and stationed at Trinidad, and Sherwood who is with the Army and is stationed in Texas. Four grandchildren survive and one brother, J.E. Dorrough, who has been in Panama, but is at present home on furlough.

Her brother, Ben, and sister, Virginia, are deceased. Funeral arrangements had not been made at the time of going to press.


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  • Maintained by: Shock
  • Originally Created by: JAC
  • Added: Oct 5, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30336247/willie_margaret-beaghan: accessed ), memorial page for Willie Margaret Dorrough Beaghan (3 Oct 1892–2 Jul 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30336247, citing Fields Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shock (contributor 47473371).