Mary V. Beechman

09/14/2004

Mary V. Beechman, 89, of 40 Sunset Ave. died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since Sept. 30, 2002. Born in Lenox Dale on May 19, 1915, daughter of Harry A. and Mary Watkins Joyner, she attended the former Lenox Dale Grammar School and Lenox High School. Primarily a homemaker, Mrs. Beechman had been employed at the former Monument Mills in Housatonic in her youth. Her husband, Walter Beechman, whom she married Jan. 17, 1937, died March 4, 1998. She leaves a son, Stanley E. "Skip" Joynerof Lenox; a brother, J. Edgar Joyner of Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; a sister, Dorothy Farrington of Lenox; two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Another son, Walter "Butch" Beechman, died in 1962. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Mrs. Mary V. Beechman, lovingly known to family and friends as "Ma," died Sept. 14, 2004. Her funeral will be Thursday at 11 at ROCHE FUNERAL HOME in Lenox. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make donations in her memory to HospiceCare of the Berkshires or to the charity of one's choice in care of the funeral home, 120 Main St., Lenox 01240. Mrs. Beechman is also survived by her grandchildren, Allan E. Joyner and Karen L. Joyner, both of Lenox, and her great-grandchildren, Jeffrey and Richard Carpenter, Jason Joyner and Allison Joyner Kearns and her husband, Tim. Also her beloved daughter-in-law, Claudine C. Joyner, and her granddaughter-in-law, Martha E. Joyner.

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