Obituary: Beulah (Sterling) Thompson

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THOMPSON, BEULAH STERLING   Age 69, a resident of 313 North Main St.,
Masontown, died Sunday, September 8, 1974 in the University Medical Center,
Morgantown, West Virginia. She was a daughter of the late Jesse and Mary Wright
Sterling, and was born at Masontown on October 11, 1904. She was a member of the
Masontwon First Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder and past president of the
Gene T. Messmore Class, charter member and past president of the B.P.W., Masontown,
chosen Woman of the Year in 1968, charter member and past president of the V.F.W.
Ladies' Auxiliary, Masontown, and past president of the V.F.W. District Auxiliary. She
taught school in the Masontown-German Township area for many years, and was a
retired caseworker for the Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Assistance. Preceding her in
death were her husband, Roy A. Thompson; one sister, Josephine Parkins; one brother,
Leroy Sterling. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Maude) Danials of Masontown,
Mrs. Harold (Zola) Fast, and Wanda S. Wilson, both of Uniontown; one brother, Bruce
W. Sterling, Sr. of Rockville, Maryland; several nieces and nephews, Friends will be
received in the Grant R. Townsend Funeral Home, 220 South Main St., Masontown,
today from 7 to 9 p,m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and until Wednesday at 2
p.m., the hour of service, with Rev. Earl P. Confer officiating. Interment will be in Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Uniontown.