Armstrong County PA Archives Obituaries.....BEATTY, Rev. Clair Edward January 24, 2004
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  Rev Clair E. Beatty, April 04, 1915 - January 24, 2004, Monroe, Ohio 
  Visitation: 2:00 to 4:00 & 6:00 to 8:00 pm January 27, 2004 at Anderson 
  Funeral Home  
  Funeral Service: 11:00 am January 30, 2004 at Roberts Funeral Home 
  Interment: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery 
  	Rev. Clair E. Beatty, age 88, died at Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village, 
  Monroe OH, on January 24, 2004. Mr. Beatty was born on Easter April 4, 1915 on 
  a farm near Dayton, PA to Stuart McCurdy and Cora Estella (Wilson) Beatty. He 
  was a graduate of Dayton Vocational School, Highland Junior College, Highland 
  KS, Ashland College, Ashland, OH, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, 
  PA. He was ordained by Steubenville Presbytery in 1940. He pastured Bethel 
  Presbyterian Church Salineville, OH 1939-44, was Executive Secretary of Ohio 
  Christian Endeavor, 1944-49 in Dayton and Columbus, pastor of West Second 
  Presbyterian Church Columbus, OH, 1949-51, pastor of Covington Presbyterian 
  Church Covington, OH, 1951-1969, pastor of New Jersey Presbyterian Church 
  Carlisle, OH 1969-78, Stated Clerk of Miami Presbytery, 1972-93, served 8 
  interim pastor positions in Miami Presbytery, 1978-93, served as a supply 
  pastor in various churches in Miami Presbytery, 1979-2002. He was a member of 
  Miami Presbytery since 1951. He served on the Board of Trustees of Christian 
  Endeavor International and of Ohio Christian Endeavor, attending conventions 
  all over the country, Canada, and Germany. He served on many boards and 
  participated in many activities in every community in which he lived, 
  including Lions and Meals-on-Wheels. He was preceded in death by his wife 
  Betty (Silvis) Beatty in Oct 2003, whom he married on August 31, 1939. They 
  lived at Mt Pleasant in Monroe since 1995. Also surviving are 4 daughters, 
  Mary Beatty of Wellsville, OH, Edna Palmer of Franklin, OH, Helen Beatty of 
  Lisbon, OH, Carol (Larry) Galyon of Knoxsville, TN, 2 grandchildren Rev Amy 
  (Kenneth) Haines of Payne, OH, Jennifer (Scott) Tucker of Middletown, OH, and 
  many nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 
  sisters Pearl Beatty, Irene Houser, and 4 brothers Roscoe Beatty, R. Oscar 
  Beatty, T. Dale Beatty, Dwight Beatty, all of PA. Visitation will be at 
  Anderson Funeral Home 40 N. Main St Springboro, OH on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-
  8pm. Visitation will be held at the Roberts Funeral Home in Wellsville, OH on 
  Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8pm. Services will be at Roberts Funeral Home on 
  Friday at 11am with burial at Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in 
  Salineville, Oh. A service of praise to God will be held later at the Monroe 
  Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers gifts may be given to the Ohio 
  Christian Endeaver, Christian Endeavor International, or Mt Pleasant Life Care 
  Fund. Condolences can be sent the family via www.andersonfuneralhomes.com 
  
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