Class of 1949
1949 Maroon Spotlight
Mary Jean Beadle
Home Room Secretary ’46-’47. Office Staff ’46-’47; Y-Teens ’46’48; Courtesy Guide ’47-’48; Perryscope Staff ’48-’49.
1949 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Outdoor sports of all kinds make up the favorite pastime of Mary Jean Beadle, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Beadle.
Born in Hennessey, Mary Jean attended Willow Creek and Highland schools before entering the Perry system. She intends to enter Hill’s Business college following graduation.
Mary Jean, an honor student, served as a member of the Perryscope newspaper staff, was secretary of her homeroom in 1946-47, and was a courtesy guide in 1947-48. She belonged to Y-Teens from 1945-48, and bookkeeping is her favorite subject.
Mary Jean (Beadle) Oldehoeft
August 23, 1931 – March 23, 1961
Mrs. Mary Jean Oldehoeft, 29, daughter of Mrs. Louis Beadle, 1002 Fifth street, died at 7:45 a.m. Thursday in Penrose hospital, Colorado Springs, Colo., where she had been a patient three weeks.
She was born Aug. 23, 1931, in Hennessey, and came to Noble county with her parents in 1937. She was a member of Christ Lutheran church. Mary Jean and Roy Oldehoeft were married in 1952 in Perry. The couple left here in August 1959 for Colorado Springs, where he is a teacher in the city school system.
Before the couple moved to Colorado Springs, she had been employed several years as a secretary in a city insurance and real estate office.
In addition to her husband and mother, survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Francis Poling, Midwest City; and Mrs. Robert Steichen, Tonkawa.
Final rites win be in Perry, but arrangements had not been completed Thursday.