MRS. LANCASTER RITES SET FOR SATURDAY

Mrs. Lida Beck Lancaster, 87, died at 12:15 a. m. Thursday (24 Aug 1950) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elsie M. Phillips, 808 West Stoughton street, Urbana, following a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from her late home.  Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery with the Renner funeral home in charge.

She was a daughter of the late Walter and Mary Beck and was born in Townsend, Del.,  on Oct 30, 1862.  She had been an Urbana resident for the past 11 years.

She is survived by Mrs. Phillips, a grandson, George Philips, 808 West Stoughton street, a brother, A. H. Beck, Conroe, Tex., and eight grandchildren.

The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette  24 Aug 1950 p.3

Submitted by Kathy Eaton