1870–1931
Lillian Mary Barker Durkee

Introduction

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Born: Jan­ua­ry 29, 1870, Gil­bert, Io­wa.

Died: Ju­ly 20, 1931, Ca­li­for­nia.

Buried: For­est Lawn Me­mo­ri­al Park, Glen­dale, Ca­li­for­nia.

Biography

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.

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