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     *  Hawaii County HI Archives Obituaries     *
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NAME:  Peter Carl Beamer
AGE:  95
DIED:  17 Sep 1967
DATE OF OBIT:  17 Sep 1967
CITY/COUNTY/STATE OF RESIDENCE:  Hilo, Hawaii, HI
DEATH/PLACE:  Hilo Hospital
BIRTH/PLACE:  Wabash, Indiana on 17 Nov 1871
SPOUSE:  Helen Desha Beamer (deceased)
SON:  Peter C., Jr. of Oahu
SON:  Francis K B. of Kamuela
SON:  Milton Beamer, Sr. (deceased)
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. Dahlberg of Hilo
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. Harriet Beamer Magoon (deceased)
GRANDCHILDREN:  10 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL HOME:  Homelani Mortuary
BURIAL LOCATION:  Homelani Cemetery (Beamer family plot)
OTHER INFORMATION:  supplemental info in the 18 Sep 1967 HTH; Beamer died after several weeks of confinement at Hilo Hospital of euremia and a heart condition; known for his unlit cigars and philanthropy; came to the Big Island in 1899 to see the volcano and never left; began selling hardware from his bicycle, then opened Beamer Hardware in 1901; charter member of the Hilo Rotary Club; sponsor of the Nam Kwang Orphanage in Pusan, Korea; headstone photo: 065_homelani1
EXTRACT SOURCE:  Hawaii Tribune-Herald

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