Beatrice Vela Escofie Clauson

Los Angeles Times

27 April 2005

Submitted by: Sandi Carter

Died at home in Torrance, California, on April 5, 2005.
Born October 27, 1914, in Lehigh, Oklahoma
Was known as the "Polka Queen" of Southern California.
Was valedictorian of the class of 1933 at Central High School in Oklahoma City and, from 1951 1980, in Lynwood, California.
Interment at Forest Lawn