Bessie Mead, Missionary to Japan (1954)

Death Notice: Bessie Mead

Source: Greenwich Time, Greenwich CT. October 28 and October 29, 1954. Page 2, col. 1. 

MEAD-Bessie, at Tacoma, Washington. October 26, 1954, daughter of the late Henry W. and Emily C. Mead. Services at the New Burial Ground, Greenwich, on Saturday at 11 a.m.

OBITUARY: Miss Bessie Mead

Source: Greenwich Time, Greenwich CT. October 27, 1954. Page 2, col. 1.

Miss Bessie Mead, 85, a former resident of Greenwich who had been an Episcopal missionary to Japan from 1904 until 1934, died Tuesday in Tacoma, Wash., where she had made her home since returning from Japan. A native of Stamford, Miss Mead was born on Dec. 3, 1868, daughter of the late Henry W. and Emily C. Brush Mead. She is survived by three cousins, Mrs. Sarah E. Close, (scratched microfiche here-unreadable), and Helen _____ of Millerton, N.Y. While in Japan Miss Mead was stationed in Acita [Akita] and Yamagata. Notice of the funeral will be given later. Burial will be in New Burial Ground in Greenwich.