Leonard D. Urquhart

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Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, March 24, 1960
Page One

Final Rites Today for Len Urquhart

Funeral services for Leonard D. Urquhart, prominent Cass City businessman, will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m., at Little's Funeral Home.

Mr. Urquhart was stricken Friday morning with a stroke and died Monday evening at Cass City Hospital. He never regained consciousness. He had been suffering from the flu when stricken.

A master plumber contractor, Mr. Urquhart established the Ideal Plumbing and Heating in 1939 in Cass City and was a contractor for plumbing in many large buildings, including schools and hospitals.

He was Past Master of the Masonic Lodge F&AM, Tyler No. 317. He was a member of the Lions Club.

Born in Evergreen Township July 14, 1908, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Urquhart, he married the former Emiline Marks in Angola, Indiana, Oct. 23, 1933.

Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Czapla of Cass City and Miss Patricia Urquhart, at home, three sisters, Mrs. Fred Emight of Snover, Mrs. Oakley Phetteplace of Ypsilanti and Mrs. L.C. Sullivan of Northville, and one grandchild.

Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of the Salem EUB Church, will officiate at the final rites. Commital services will be under the auspices of the Tyler Lodge No. 317.

Burial will be in Elkland Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)

(Research):
Census Information:

1930 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
Enumerated 4 April 1930
ED 79-11 SD 11 Sheet 2A Stamped 185
South Seeger
32-33
Urquhart, Daniel Hd M W 67 M 26 Canada Scotland Scotland English 1865 Carpenter Building
Urquhart, Ida G Wf F W 59 M 18 Mich England NY
Urquhart, Leonard D Son M W 21 S Mich Canada Mich Cement Mix Bridge Bldg
Whitfield, Albert E Nephew M W 43 D 26 Mich Canada Canada Dredge Operator Dredging

1940 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
Enumerated April 2, 1940
SD 7 SE 79-11 Sheet 6A
S. Seeger St
4234-124-0-1500-No
Urquhart, Leonard D Head M W 31 M No H-4 Mich Same place plumber plumbing shop
Urquhart, Emmeline Wf F W 27 M No H-2 Mich Same place
Urquhart, Peggy Ann Dtr F W 5 S Mich Same place
Urquhart, Patty Jane Dtr F W 3 S Mich

Leonard married Emeline J. Mark on 23 Oct 1934 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. Emeline (daughter of Edward Albert Mark and Mary Jane Leitch) was born on 10 Aug 1912 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 4 Apr 2000 in Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Volume 17 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published on September 6, 1954, reported that Patty Urquhart graduated from Cass City High School and would be attending Michigan State College in Lansing in the Fall.

Cass City Chronicle
Wednesday, March 12, 1997
Page Eight

Patricia Beecher

Patricia J. Beecher, 60, of Deford, died Saturday, March 8, 1997, at St. Mary's Medical Center, Saginaw.

She was born Nov. 12, 1936, in Evergreen Township, Sanilac County.

The former Patricia Urquhart, she and Herbert O. Beecher were married Nov. 12, 1961, in Caro. He died in 1992. She had been employed by General Cable Corporation for more than 30 years, currently as a quality control assurance superintendent. For years she actively helped her husband on their Hereford cattle farm near Deford. She bowled on leagues at Charmont in Cass City for many years.

Surviving are 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Don HUNT of Webberville and Shelley and Mark NEWSOME of Otter Lake; one son and daughter-in-law, Leroy and Kellie BEECHER of Cass City; son grandson, Bradley HUNT; her mother, Emeline URQUHART of Caseville; a sister, Peg CZAPLA of Caro; her mother-in-law, Helen BEECHER of Caro, and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her father, Leonard Urquhart, and father-in-law, Leroy Beecher.

Funeral services were held at Collon Funeral Home, Tuesday, March 11, with Mr. Tim Willis officiating.

Burial was in Ellington Township Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)

Patricia married Herbert O. Beecher on 12 Nov 1961 in Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan. Herbert was born on 23 Sep 1930 in Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 23 Oct 1992 in Deford, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]