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Record Last Updated On: 1/11/2017
Name: ELIZABETH KANE KANE BEDWELL
Death Date: JUL/15/1911 Interment Date: JUL/17/1911 Birth Date: FEB/1/1865
Age at Death: 46y5m14d Cause of Death: SUICIDE/CARBOLIC POISONING
Location at Death:  SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
Physical Location at Death: HOME 2719 LAFAYETTE ST. SAINT JOSEPH
Sex: F Nativity: AMERICAN Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN
Occupation:HOUSEWIFE
Military Branch: Military Rank: War Service:
Other Special Distinctions/Memberships:
Child of: Patrick Kane (b. 1837 Ireland) & Catherine McCormick (b. 1847 Canada)
Spouse of: James Riley Bedwell
Mother of: Bonnie Elizabeth Bedwell (1890-1970), Ralph Warner Bedwell (1899-1964)l, Ray Ellen Bedwell (1899-1976)
Father of:
Other Known Relatives: Siblings: John Kane (b. 1868), Kate (Catherine?) Kane (b. 1874), Charles Harold Kane (b. 1880)
Brief Biography: Elizabeth Bedwell's sensational suicide was reported locally in the Saint Joseph News Press (july 15, 1911) and Saint Joseph Gazette (July 17, 1911) and went out over the wire services to be published in various newspapers accross the country Funeral Notice from St. Joseph Gazette July 17, 1911 Elizabeth Bedwell, aged 45 years, wife of Jas. R Bedwell, died Saturday, 10 o'clock a.m. Survived by her husband, two daughters and one son. Funeral from residence,2719 Lafayette street this (Monday) morning at 10:30 o'clock. Burial at Mt. Mora. Friends invited.
Epithet: ELIZABETH KANE BEDWELL February 1, 1865 July 15, 1911 Marker Placed by Desendants in 2012
Tombstone Material: Granite Tombstone Shape: Grass Marker Tombstone Condition: Excellent
Vault Type: Burial Number: 6957  
Mausoleum: N Ashes: N  
Other Relatives in Plot: NONE
Lot Owner:
Lot Location: NE1/4 2
Block Location: 1
Section/Range Location: F
GPS Coordinates:
Funeral Home: R MEIERHOFFER
Funeral Home City/State: 824 Felix, Saint Joseph, MO
Cost of Interment: $6.00 Date Paid: 08/25/11
 
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Elizabeth Kane Bedwell
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Elizabeth Kane Bedwell
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Elizabeth Kane Bedwell Location
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Newspaper article July 15, 1911
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Newspaper article July 15, 1911
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Newspaper article July 15, 1911
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Newspaper article July 15, 1911
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