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Beulah Rita McCabe

Female 1923 - 2019  (96 years)


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  • Name Beulah Rita McCabe 
    Born 05 Aug 1923 
    Gender Female 
    Graduation 1947  Wrightstown High School Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 04 Sep 2019 
    Buried Highland Memorial Park, Appleton, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I35993  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2019 

    Father Peter McCabe,   b. 03 Sep 1895, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1981, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Emma Bougie,   b. 17 Aug 1898,   d. 30 Dec 1977, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1919 
    Family ID F17681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clarence E Gurnee,   b. 29 Jul 1921, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Sep 2007  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 03 May 1947  St Joseph Church, Appleton, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Marsha Gurnee
     4. Living
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F12286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Beulah R. (McCabe) Gurnee was welcomed into Heaven, at age 96, on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 5:45 a.m., getting ready to milk the cows with father, at 6 a.m. She was the daughter of late Peter and Emma (Bougie) McCabe, the third of nine children. Beulah attended Old Glory School and graduated from Wrightstown High School where she was Class Valedictorian. In May 1947, she was united in marriage to Clarence “Shine” Gurnee. They celebrated 60 years together, before Shine died. Beulah was an active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Appleton. She was involved as a Cub Scout leader, Brownie and Girl Scout leader. Beulah was a member of the Christian Mothers Society. V She was employed at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Kimberly-Clark and Zwicker’s Knitting Mills.

      Beulah will be greatly missed by her four children: Stewart (Nancy) Gurnee, Brian (Cathleen) Gurnee, Marsha (Mark) Suszan, and Monica (Dennis) Kempen. She was blessed with nine grandchildren: Dr. Laura (Kyle) Lobner, Dr. Emily Gurnee (Dr.Terry Singhapricha); Kendra Gurnee, Andrea (Steven) Draeger, Rebecca Gurnee; Matthew (Melanie) Suszan, Michael Suszan; Caitlin and Peter Kempen; and one great grandson. Beulah is survived by her siblings and spouses: Vincent (Judy) McCabe and Maureen (Vernon) Weyers; brother-in-law, Ivo Geurts; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

      In addition to her parents and Shine, she is preceded in death by her siblings and in-laws: Florian and Jack Chambers, Mary Geurts, Audrey and Harold Deprez, Patricia and Edward O’Keefe, Patricia McCabe, Eileen McCabe, David McCabe and Shine’s relatives.

      Visitation will be held September 13, 2019 at ST. JOSEPH PARISH (404 W. Lawrence St. Appleton) from 9:00 a.m. until time of Mass at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. James O’Leary, O.F.M. Cap. officiating. Interment will be held at Appleton Highland Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, a memorial donation can be made to St. Joseph Parish, in Beulah Gurnee’s memory.

      Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2:10