OBITUARY INFORMATION FROM BEVERLY'S NIECE, MARCIA SCHMELTER STUBBEMAN, CLASS OF 1972:

Beverly (Mehalic) Crabtree died June 29, 1961, while a mechanical engineering student studying at Purdue University, Lafayette. She was working at her lab on the campus when she was found non responsive. She was 24 years old. Circumstances surrounding her death were uncertain.

She is survived by her husband Professor Donald L. Crabtree, Purdue University Engineering Department. She had one daughter, Susan Crabtree, of the home. Other survivors include her parents, Peter and Doretta Mehalic, Hobart; sister Doretta Schmelter (Paul), Hobart; brother Leon Mehalic (Bonnie), Barrington, Illinois, and sister Connie Mehalic, Hobart. Visitation is at Rees Funeral Home, Hobart, Indiana. Place of Burial: Calumet Park Cemetery, Crown Point, Indiana. 

The picture was obtained from the 1955 HHS Memories yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1955Images/.