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- The Daily Chronicle
DeKalb, IL., Aug. 1, 1984
Mary Gene "Bink" Bickel, 63, of Beachwood, N.J., formerly of Sycamore, died May 2, 1984, at Community Hospital in Beachwood, N.J.
She was born May 30, 1921 in Three Lakes Wis., the daughter of Mary K. and Frank Binkley. She married Tom Bickel in Freehold, N.J. She attended Sycamore schools and was a member of the Sycamore High Scool graduating class of 1939. She served in the U.S. Navy Waves as a Yeoman 1st class during World War 2 and was stationed on the East Coast. She moved to Beachwood, N.J. in 1972 after residing in Freehold, N.J. for 20 years.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Maura K. Cullen of Whiting, N.J., and Mrs. Laurie A. Musgrove of Freehold, N.J.; her mother, Mary K. Binkley of Beachwood, N.J.; three brothers, Frank Binkley of Des Moines, Iowa, William Binkley of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and Paul Binkley of Beachwood, N.J.; one sister, Betty Ruth Swearingen of Beachwood, N.J.; five grandchildren; and her former husband, Tom Bickel.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lt. Jay D. Underwood of the U.S. Air Force, in 1943 and her father, Frank Binkley.
Memorial service was held at Carmona-Bolen Funeral Home in Toms River, N.J. Cremation followed and burial was in Elmwood Cemetery in Sycamore.
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