OBIT: Joseph Garfield BEAL, 1942, Sand Patch, Somerset County, PA

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JOSEPH GARFIELD BEAL

  Joseph Garfield Beal, aged 61, died suddenly on Thursday, July 23, following a 
prolonged illness.  Death was due to a heart attack.  During the past several 
years Mr. Beal had not been in good health, but succeeded recently in having 
recovered from his latest attack, was able to take short walks around town, and 
his friends anticipated his complete recovery, but on Thursday of last week 
there came a sudden turn for the worse, resulting in death.
  Mr. Beal was a son of Andrew O. and Barbara (Yutzy) Beal, who for many years 
resided in Sand Patch, where the elder Mr. Beal was engaged in mercantile 
pursuits, and also served as postmaster for several terms.  Joseph, when he 
became old enough, secured employment in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio 
railroad.  For a period of 37 years before his retirement, about two years ago 
on account of his physical condition, he served as car inspector in the Sand 
Patch-Glencoe sector, and was quite competent and successful in his position.
  He was united in marriage with Miss Elda Albright, a native of Larimer 
Township, and to this union seven children were born, six of whom, with the 
widow, survive, as follows: Earl and Richard Beal and Mrs. Anna Snyder, of 
Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Mable Danver, of Beaver; Mrs. Julia Lapham, of Washington, 
Pa., Elwood Beal, of York.  Twelve grandchildren, and one brother and five 
sisters also survive - Charles Beal, Pittsburgh; Mrs. George H. Benford, Mrs. C. 
Howard Shockey and Miss Lydia Beal, Meyersdale; Mrs. John H. Bittner, Sand 
Patch, and Miss Gertrude Beal, Frostburg, Md.  A daughter, Lulu Margaret, 
preceded her father in death 40 years ago.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Beal home on North Street Sunday 
afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. DeWitt L. Miller, pastor of the Church of the 
Brethren, assisted by Rev. R. M. Dunkleberger, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church.  
Interment was made in Union Cemetery, under the direction of W. C. Price & Son, 
Meyersdale morticians.

Meyersdale Republican, July 30, 1942