Beatrice Hamilton Beatrice Gangel Hamilton

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Bea Hamilton was born July 4, 1944 in Providence, Rhode Island.  She was the second of twins, her sister, Betty Ann Brown (Lawson) Moser having been born 15 minutes prior to her.  They moved to Bucyrus, Kansas a year later, in 1945, and she lived in the area her entire life.  In 1963 she married Paul Gangel.  They went on to have four children, and were divorced after 32 years of marriage.  She later met and married Hal Hamilton, and they have been married for nearly 20 years.  Hal and Bea currently reside in Belton, MO, where she enjoys tending her flowers and sewing for family and friends.  She and Hal have eight grandchildren.