Lela Ruth Beery

     Lela Ruth was born on Wednesday, 22 May 1907 in Upper Sandusky, Crane Township, Wyandot County, Ohio. Lela Ruth married Harry A. McCurdy, son of Sidney McCurdy and Cora Ellen Peterman, on 5 April 1931 in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Ohio, at the Beery home on U.S. 30. On Easter Sunday, by Rev. Trenton O. Copus.¹ 25 May 1940, Lela and her husband, Harry, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Liberty Township. Enumerated in this household were Harry A. [37, Ohio], his wife Lela R. [33, Ohio], & Marilyn Joyce [8, Ohio]. They were renting a farm for 5 dollars a month. [Note - This farm was the "Peterman Farm" which originally belonged to Harry's grandparents. - KLM]² 18 April 1950, Lela and her husband, Harry, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Ohio. Enumerated in this household were Harry A. McCurdy [47 Ohio], Lela R. [42 Ohio], M. Joyce [17 Oho] & Larry A. [5 Ohio]. He was a night watchman for a manufacturer of electic bulbs and worked 40 hours the previous week. Joyce worked as a sales clerk at a department store and worked 10 hours the previous week.³ Lela's husband, Harry, died on 19 November 1982 in Liberty Township at his home, 4163 State Route 96 leaving her a widow. Lela died on Friday, 14 April 1989 in Bucyrus at Bucyrus Community Hospital at age 81 years, 10 months and 23 days of a severe stroke which occurred in her home several days earlier. She was buried there in Crall Cemetery (Liberty Chapel) on Monday, 17 April 1989. She was buried in Lot 87A alongside her husband.⁴