Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Higbee, Beulah I. 2006
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The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, May 2006
Beulah I. Higbee, age 103, of Ionia, passed away Friday, May 12, 2006.  Beulah 
Irene Higbee was born December 3, 1902 in Lyons, Michigan, the daughter of 
Minnie (Foote) and W. Sherman Keefer. 

She graduated from Portland High School in 1920, having had classed held in 
the Congregational Church because the school had burned. She had many stories 
to tell of growing up on a farm in the early 20th century and adapted well 
from driving a horse and buggy to school or sometimes catching the train at 
Collins, to learning to drive a car and using other modern conveniences as 
they became available. Beulah graduated from a teacher training school in 
Kalamazoo and taught at the Gibbs school and the Grove school (now known as 
the Haynor school).

In 1925, she married Charles F. Higbee of Ionia and they farmed the family 
farm in Ronald Township for more than 40 years. After his retirement, they 
moved into the city of Ionia. He passed away in 1989. Beulah was also 
predeceased by her two sisters, Lucile (Walter) Yeomans and Florence 
(Clarence) Yuchartz, and her parents, including her stepmother, Myrtie 
(Patrick) Keefer.

Beulah was a member of the Pleasant Hill Literary Society and the Farm Bureau 
Women's Group. A skilled needle worker, her family has many keepsakes of her 
sewing, knitting, crocheting and tatting. She was a 4-H sewing leader for many 
years. Her gardening abilities provided delicious vegetable and fruits as well 
as beautiful flowers.

She is survived by her daughters, Barbara (Edwin) Moore of Indian River and 
Elinor (William) Weisgerber of Ionia, 6 grand children, 7 great-grandchildren 
and 4 step great-grandchildren.

Services for Beulah Higbee will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 3, 2006 
at the Ionia Cook Chapel of Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, 220 Rich St. with 
visitation staring 2 hours prior to the service. Burial will be in the Keefer 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at 11 a.m. until the time of the 
service.


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