. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. BIrs. Frank Beu. \[argaret Beu, wife of Frank Beu, pn sed away July 17, at the German- AI. erican hospital in Chicago, following 3)1 operation for cancer of the stomacli ppi formed July 14. Apparently the ; ration was a suceesa, for she rallied w. i and was thought to be on the road to convalescence. The end came sud- dc; ly but quietly, in a sinking spell from uhich she did not rally. \rrs. Beu was probably the most wiiely known woman florist in Chicago. Sli' had been active in the downtown ^v]inlesale cut flower section of the city foi many
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. BIrs. Frank Beu. \[argaret Beu, wife of Frank Beu, pn sed away July 17, at the German- AI. erican hospital in Chicago, following 3)1 operation for cancer of the stomacli ppi formed July 14. Apparently the ; ration was a suceesa, for she rallied w. i and was thought to be on the road to convalescence. The end came sud- dc; ly but quietly, in a sinking spell from uhich she did not rally. \rrs. Beu was probably the most wiiely known woman florist in Chicago. Sli' had been active in the downtown ^v]inlesale cut flower section of the city foi many years, her daily work bringing hoi into contact with a majority of those wl)., either 'buy or sell on the Chicago lu;} I ket. Hers was a cheerful good na- ture that won the friendship of all who kiuw her, while the strict integrity of ho; dealings earned the confidence and ro'^jiect of those with whom she had busi- ness relations. Mrs. Beu was born in Bayreuth, Ger- many, in 1869, her maiden name being Beiiker. Coming to this country when she was 18 years old, in 1889 she was married to Frank Beu in Philadelphia, where they lived for several years and then moved to Chicago. Mr. Beu and one son, Carl, survive. Always a worker, Mrs. Beu became her husband's associate in business when he made his start for himself, some sixteen years ago, at 4435 Xorth Crawford avenue, in Chicago. Re- tailing was started with the greenhouses and the glass area was increased as op- portunity offered until the production afforded a supply to wholesale. Then Mr. Beu managed the greenhouses and retail store while Mrs. Beu attended to the wholesaling. She had a stand at various locations in the center of the city, sometimes having space with one wholesale florist and then with another. She was one of the prime movers in the organization, in 1903, of the Flower Orpwers' Market, of which corporation ^Ir. Beu became a director, and they had a stand on the market floor at the cor- ner of Wabash avenue and
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