OBIT: Lewis A. BEABES, 1913, Windber, Somerset County, PA

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Beabes, Lewis A.

PRACTICALLY STARVED TO DEATH - FORMER CASHIER OF GARRETT BANK DIED FROM 
STARVATION CAUSED BY THROAT TROUBLE. Unable to take sufficient nourishment 
because of a tubercular affection of the throat, Lewis A. Beabes, 37 years old 
and married, died at 3 o'clock on last Thursday morning at his home in Windber. 
He had been at Cresson Sanatorium, and the White Haven Sanatorium, and had 
undergone an operation at the latter place, but the disease could not be 
arrested. Last Friday a week ago the young man returned to his home in Windber. 
For three months he had been unable to take sufficient nourishment. Mr. Beabes 
first noticed the disease when he was Cashier of the Garrett First National 
Bank. His lungs were in good condition and he often expressed the opinion that 
he contracted the disease from a former employee at the bank who died. Lewis A. 
Beabes was a son of Noah Beabes, who lives near Somerset. His mother is dead. He 
is survived by his widow, who was Miss Ella Hoffman, a daughter of Peter Hoffman 
of Scalp Level; one little child, Wilma, aged 18 months, and the following 
brothers and sisters: Harvey J., of Somerset; Newman, a school teacher at 
Garrett; Ettie, and Orie, at home, and Mrs. Howard Peck, of Fort Hill. Mr. 
Beabes relinquished his duties at the Garrett First National Bank last spring. 
Funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning in the German 
Brethren Church, Scalp Level. Interment was made in the Berkey Cemetery.

Meyersdale Commercial, Dec. 4, 1913