RHS Class of 1959

 Rebecca Wentworth Bedell

                                              REBECCA  JEANNE  (WENTWORTH)  BEDELL

                                                                 11-4-41  -  8-30-1971 

Becky graduated co-valedictorian of RHS Class of 1959.  She attended Beloit College in WI where she met her husband; graduated from Univ. of MN with a Phi Beta Kappa key; married Thomas Bedell before 1969; and taught English and history in Richfield, MN.  

Rebecca Bedell, 2017 W. 77th St., died suddenly on Monday, Aug. 30, 1971 in Richfield, MN.  Survived by husband George Thomas Bedell; mother Mrs. Frank Wentworth, New Richmond, WI.  Several aunts & uncles.  Services Thursday 2 p.m. United Methodist Church, New Richmond, WI.  Interment Greenwood Cem., Emerald, WI.  

Cause of death was listed as accidental suicide at home.  Death certificate noted that "deceased ingested an overdose of drugs”.