Bea Kirkbride, 1920-2004

One portion of this folder consists of material collected by Beatrice's son and grandson Edward and Robert and primarily relates to her death. There are birth certificates, death certificates, and forms about managing estate (correspondence with insurance, banking), living wills, letters about the donation of her body, and an obituary dated May 30, 2004. The other portion of the folder is miscellaneous material including two photographs of Beatrice as a young woman, an obituary in The Sun for March 15, 1999 for Beatrice K. Franza (daughter of Beatrice and Earle), and a set of letters from 1958 from Beatrice to curators discussing old bottles found in the basement of 704 S. Front St.