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operation of the Rotary Club,
Miss Bevier was a charter mem.
ber of the Soroptimist Club of
Flat Rock and its first treasur-
er. She was given Honorary
Status in the Club after she
became ill

The daughter of Edwin and
Mary Bevier, she was born in
Flat Rock May 8, 1892. She
graduated from the Flat Rock
High School in 1910 and after
receiving a teaching certificate
from Ypsilanti State Normal
School she taught in Flat Rock
and Rockwood. She later oper-
ated a dry goods store with Mrs.
Myrtle McBroom, and was clerk
for the Flat Rock Police Depart-
ment prior to being appointed
postmaster in 1943.

Miss Bevier was a member of
St. Mary's Catholic Church of
Rockwood and of its Block Ro-
sary and Altar Society before
St, Roch’s Church was built
here. She was a member of the
Flat Rock Planning Commission
for three years, and a member
of the National Association of
Postmasters for 13 years.

Services will be held this
morning in the Bobcean funeral
at 9:30 and in St, Roch’s Cath-
olic Chuch at 10. The Rev Fa-
ther Gerald LeVasseur of St.
Mary's Church of Rockwood
will officiate and interment will
be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery a

 

Surviving are a sister, Mrs.
J. S. Drouillard of Detroit and
brothers Frank of Detroit and
Charles of Flat Rock.

 

 

 

MISS BEVIER

Death Takes
Miss Clara

Bevier, Sun.

Miss Clara Bevier died in her
home at 26262 Erie St. Flat
Rock, Sunday morning, follow-
ing a long illness.

Miss Bevier was honored al
an open house in the high
school in early May, 1956, in ap-
preciation of her lifelong serv-
ice to the community, following
her resignation as Flat Rock
postmaster April 25 that year.
Friends came from far and near
to extend good wishes.

The party was given by the
Soroptimist Club with the cv-

 

 

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