Individual Details
William Beeson Webster
(2 Apr 1924 - 4 Oct 1991)
Parents: John Potter Webster (1889 - 1972)
Katherine Miller Beeson Webster (1892 - 1966)
Service Set for William Webster
A memorial service for Omaha businessman William B. Webster is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 113 N. 18th St.
Webster died Friday at Methodist Hospital after a long battle with diabetes and related complications. He was 68.
Webster was born in Chicago and raised in Omaha. He was a graduate of Choate-Rosemary Hall School in Wallingford, Conn., and the University of Omaha.
Webster served in the Army Air Corps in the South Pacific during World War II.
After the war, Webster returned to Omaha, married the former Barbara Spear and worked in investments and real estate.
In 1976 he and his son, John, together with Joe and Emily Baker, founded the Webster - Baker Broadcasting Co. and operated FM radio station KEFM. The company was renamed Webster Communications Co. in the early 1980s.
Webster was a former director of Ash Grove Cement Co., past president of the Omaha Home for Boys, president of the Omaha Club during its reconstruction, former director of Brownell-Talbot School, a member of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra board, past master of the Omaha Lodge of Perfection and a member of the Scottish Rite Cathedral Board.
Besides his wife and son, he is survived by a daughter, Lee Shaw of Santa Monica, Calif., and seven grandchildren.
Source of obituary (verbatim transcription): Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), October 6, 1991, page 2B, column 5
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WEBSTER -- William B., age 67, Omaha. Survived by wife Barbara; son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Webster, Omaha; daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony (Lee) Shaw, Santa Monica, CA; 7 grandchildren.
FUNERAL Service 11 am Mon., Trinity Cathedral, the very Rev. Gary R. Young, officiating. VISITATION begins l pm Sun. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorials to the Omaha Home for Boys or the Scottish Rite Foundation of Omaha,
CROSBY BURKET SWANSON-GOLDEN
Colonial Chapel, 11902 W. Center Rd. 333-7200
Source of obituary (verbatim transcription): Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), October 6, 1991, page 2B, column 3.
Katherine Miller Beeson Webster (1892 - 1966)
Service Set for William Webster
A memorial service for Omaha businessman William B. Webster is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 113 N. 18th St.
Webster died Friday at Methodist Hospital after a long battle with diabetes and related complications. He was 68.
Webster was born in Chicago and raised in Omaha. He was a graduate of Choate-Rosemary Hall School in Wallingford, Conn., and the University of Omaha.
Webster served in the Army Air Corps in the South Pacific during World War II.
After the war, Webster returned to Omaha, married the former Barbara Spear and worked in investments and real estate.
In 1976 he and his son, John, together with Joe and Emily Baker, founded the Webster - Baker Broadcasting Co. and operated FM radio station KEFM. The company was renamed Webster Communications Co. in the early 1980s.
Webster was a former director of Ash Grove Cement Co., past president of the Omaha Home for Boys, president of the Omaha Club during its reconstruction, former director of Brownell-Talbot School, a member of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra board, past master of the Omaha Lodge of Perfection and a member of the Scottish Rite Cathedral Board.
Besides his wife and son, he is survived by a daughter, Lee Shaw of Santa Monica, Calif., and seven grandchildren.
Source of obituary (verbatim transcription): Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), October 6, 1991, page 2B, column 5
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WEBSTER -- William B., age 67, Omaha. Survived by wife Barbara; son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Webster, Omaha; daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony (Lee) Shaw, Santa Monica, CA; 7 grandchildren.
FUNERAL Service 11 am Mon., Trinity Cathedral, the very Rev. Gary R. Young, officiating. VISITATION begins l pm Sun. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorials to the Omaha Home for Boys or the Scottish Rite Foundation of Omaha,
CROSBY BURKET SWANSON-GOLDEN
Colonial Chapel, 11902 W. Center Rd. 333-7200
Source of obituary (verbatim transcription): Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), October 6, 1991, page 2B, column 3.
Events
| Birth | 2 Apr 1924 | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | |||
| Marriage | 4 Jan 1947 | Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska - Barbara Lee Spear |  | ||
| Census (family) | 10 Apr 1950 | Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska - Barbara Lee Spear | |  | |
| Residence | 1 Jan 1985 | Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska | | | |
| Death | 4 Oct 1991 | Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska | |||
| Burial | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska | | |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Lee Spear (1923 - 2000) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | John Potter Webster (1889 - 1972) |
| Mother | Katherine Miller Beeson (1892 - 1966) |
Notes
Marriage
Douglas County marriage license # A5204Census (family)
William B Webster Husband M 26 years Illinois - Secretary, real estate investmentBarbara S Webster Wife F 27 years Nebraska
John W Webster Son M 1 year
Residence
William B WebsterResidence Date 13 Nov 2000
Residence Place Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Birth Date 01 Jan 1924
Address Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Address Date 13 Nov 2000
2nd Address Omaha, Nebraska 68114
2nd Address Date 01 May 1995-01 Jan 2004
3rd Address Omaha, Nebraska 68132
3rd Address Date 01 Jan 1985-01 Jan 1998
Possible Relatives: Barbara Spear Webster, John W Webster, Wm B Webster
Burial
Plot: interment # 74500, section 9, lot # 273, grave #2Endnotes
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2. "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MF8-Y1R : 23 May 2014), William B Webster, Residence, Omaha, Nebraska, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information..
3. Find A Grave Memorial# 70885400.