BIRTH – Margaret Catherine Ward born 5 May 1936, Los Angeles Co, California; mother’s maiden name Duke

1940 PA CENSUS – Margerate Ward (3y, b California) enumerated with parents John (38y, b Oklahoma) and Julia (43y, b North Carolina) and sister Joane (7y, b California); family was living in same place in 1935

1st MARRIAGE – Floyd G. Newton (21y) & Margaret C. Ward (20y) md 5 May 1957, Los Angeles co, California

DIVORCE – Floyd G. & Margaret C. Newton divorced Sept 1876, San Diego Co, California

2nd MARRIAGE – Stanley W. Bevens & Margaret C. Newton md 29 Dec 1978, Los Angeles Co, California

NOTE – Stanley was son of Homer & Esther Bevens

Margaret Catherine ‘Peg’ Bevens, May 5, 1936-Oct. 21, 1990

Albuquerque, NM – Margaret Catherine “Peg” Bevens, 54, died Sunday in Albuquerque. A native of Long Beach, Calif, she had lived here for the past six years. She was a member of the Hoffmantown Baptist Church and Lydia Prayer Fellowship International. Survivors include her husband, Stan Bevens of Albuquerque; daughter, Jan Stephens of Sanford, Maine, and Beth Swift, in the Navy in Norfolk, Va; sons, Frost Newton of Torrance, Calif, and Todd Bevens of Los Angeles; mother, Julia Ward of Albuquerque; father, John L. Ward of Winter Park, Fla; sister, Jan Jones of Black Mountain, NC; and three grandchildren. Graveside services will begin at 1 pm Saturday in Womer Cemetery, Pedee. Arrangements are by Bollman mortuary, Dallas. Contributions may be made to the Peg Bevens Memorial Missionary Fund, PO Box 14291, Albuquerque, NM 87191

Statesman Journal, October 26, 1990

Margaret Catherine 
Bevens
May 5, 1936 - Oct. 21, 1990
A Time to Weep and a Time to Laugh
A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. ECCL 3:4

Saucy Survey & Photographs

California Birth Index (Ancestry.com)

1940 PA CENSUS (Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia, ED 51-259, sheet 2A)

California Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

California Divorce Index (Ancestry.com)

SJ, 26 Oct 1990