Born: January 29, 1870, Gilbert, Iowa.
Died: July 20, 1931, California.
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
Lillian was the wife of Charles Gould Beede (married 1897) and Jay Burt Durkee.
In 1908, she published Soul Shadows, by her husband Charles, in Ames, Iowa. Copyright records show her living in Los Angeles, California, around 1911–16.
Some of her poetry appeared in The Christian Science Journal, June and September 1913.