Mamie Beck was the daughter of Thomas and Flo (Quinn) Donovan. Her dad was born in Ireland and her mom was born in Scotland. Mamie was born March 5, 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts. She married Fred W. Beck on July 24, 1899 in Mount Idaho, Idaho. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War. The couple entered the Washington Veterans Home at Retsil on March 2, 1946. They had several year long furloughs where they lived away from the home.
She died September 19, 1960 while on an extended furlough in Seattle, Washington and is buried at Veterans Home Cemetery in Retsil.
The following is from the Bremerton Sun Tues., Sept. 20, 1960:
'PAUPER' FOUND TO HAVE BUNDLE IN BREMERTON BANK
A 78-year-old widow who sometimes borrowed from relatives or friends to meet her modest living expenses had almost $9,000 sewn in the lining of her clothes and $7,000 in a Bremerton bank when she died Monday in Seattle.
Coroner's deputies said the cash was discovered today after the body of Mrs. Mamie Beck was moved from her small Seattle apartment to a funeral home.
In addition, deputies said they found a Bremerton bank book in the name of Mary Donovan (Mrs. Beck's maiden name) showing a balance of nearly $7,000.
The Federal Reserve bank said nearly all of the $100, $50 and $20 bills in the petticoat have been outdated since 1940. They included two dozen 1928 gold certificates of $20 value each which had been called out......(illegible)....federal.....(illegible)..
It was illegal to keep gold certificates after they were recalled, but a federal reserve spokesman said the person who inherits them may exchange the certificates for face value without penalty.
Said a niece, Mrs. June Museberger: "No one here ever knew she had money I was shocked because she had tried to borrow money to pay her rent a few days ago."
She died September 19, 1960 while on an extended furlough in Seattle, Washington and is buried at Veterans Home Cemetery in Retsil.
The following is from the Bremerton Sun Tues., Sept. 20, 1960:
'PAUPER' FOUND TO HAVE BUNDLE IN BREMERTON BANK
A 78-year-old widow who sometimes borrowed from relatives or friends to meet her modest living expenses had almost $9,000 sewn in the lining of her clothes and $7,000 in a Bremerton bank when she died Monday in Seattle.
Coroner's deputies said the cash was discovered today after the body of Mrs. Mamie Beck was moved from her small Seattle apartment to a funeral home.
In addition, deputies said they found a Bremerton bank book in the name of Mary Donovan (Mrs. Beck's maiden name) showing a balance of nearly $7,000.
The Federal Reserve bank said nearly all of the $100, $50 and $20 bills in the petticoat have been outdated since 1940. They included two dozen 1928 gold certificates of $20 value each which had been called out......(illegible)....federal.....(illegible)..
It was illegal to keep gold certificates after they were recalled, but a federal reserve spokesman said the person who inherits them may exchange the certificates for face value without penalty.
Said a niece, Mrs. June Museberger: "No one here ever knew she had money I was shocked because she had tried to borrow money to pay her rent a few days ago."
Mamie Beck was the daughter of Thomas and Flo (Quinn) Donovan. Her dad was born in Ireland and her mom was born in Scotland. Mamie was born March 5, 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts. She married Fred W. Beck on July 24, 1899 in Mount Idaho, Idaho. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War. The couple entered the Washington Veterans Home at Retsil on March 2, 1946. They had several year long furloughs where they lived away from the home.
She died September 19, 1960 while on an extended furlough in Seattle, Washington and is buried at Veterans Home Cemetery in Retsil.
The following is from the Bremerton Sun Tues., Sept. 20, 1960:
'PAUPER' FOUND TO HAVE BUNDLE IN BREMERTON BANK
A 78-year-old widow who sometimes borrowed from relatives or friends to meet her modest living expenses had almost $9,000 sewn in the lining of her clothes and $7,000 in a Bremerton bank when she died Monday in Seattle.
Coroner's deputies said the cash was discovered today after the body of Mrs. Mamie Beck was moved from her small Seattle apartment to a funeral home.
In addition, deputies said they found a Bremerton bank book in the name of Mary Donovan (Mrs. Beck's maiden name) showing a balance of nearly $7,000.
The Federal Reserve bank said nearly all of the $100, $50 and $20 bills in the petticoat have been outdated since 1940. They included two dozen 1928 gold certificates of $20 value each which had been called out......(illegible)....federal.....(illegible)..
It was illegal to keep gold certificates after they were recalled, but a federal reserve spokesman said the person who inherits them may exchange the certificates for face value without penalty.
Said a niece, Mrs. June Museberger: "No one here ever knew she had money I was shocked because she had tried to borrow money to pay her rent a few days ago."
She died September 19, 1960 while on an extended furlough in Seattle, Washington and is buried at Veterans Home Cemetery in Retsil.
The following is from the Bremerton Sun Tues., Sept. 20, 1960:
'PAUPER' FOUND TO HAVE BUNDLE IN BREMERTON BANK
A 78-year-old widow who sometimes borrowed from relatives or friends to meet her modest living expenses had almost $9,000 sewn in the lining of her clothes and $7,000 in a Bremerton bank when she died Monday in Seattle.
Coroner's deputies said the cash was discovered today after the body of Mrs. Mamie Beck was moved from her small Seattle apartment to a funeral home.
In addition, deputies said they found a Bremerton bank book in the name of Mary Donovan (Mrs. Beck's maiden name) showing a balance of nearly $7,000.
The Federal Reserve bank said nearly all of the $100, $50 and $20 bills in the petticoat have been outdated since 1940. They included two dozen 1928 gold certificates of $20 value each which had been called out......(illegible)....federal.....(illegible)..
It was illegal to keep gold certificates after they were recalled, but a federal reserve spokesman said the person who inherits them may exchange the certificates for face value without penalty.
Said a niece, Mrs. June Museberger: "No one here ever knew she had money I was shocked because she had tried to borrow money to pay her rent a few days ago."
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