OBIT: Forrest F. BEACHY, 1981, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  FORREST F. BEACHY
  
    Forrest F. Beachy, 84, of Grantsville RD 2, Md., died June 29, 1981 in
  Meyersdale Community Hospital.
    Born at Webster, S.D., he was a son of the late Joel A. and Etta
  (Livengood) Beachy.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Grace A. (Kamp)
  Beachy.
    Mr. Beachy was a retired farmer, a member of St. John's United Church of
  Christ, Grantsville, a World War I veteran and a charter member of American
  Legion Post 214.
    Surviving are one son, Kenneth Beachy of Grantsville RD 2; three
  daughters: Mrs. Bernice Merrill, of  Grantsville RD 2; Mrs. Helen Bernhard
  of Iverness, Fla.; and Mrs. Wanda Sheffield, of Grantsville RD 2; five
  brothers: Walter A. Beachy and Irvin Beachy, both of Wilkinsburg; Vernon
  Beachy and John Beachy, both of Grantsville; and Roy Beachy of Berlin;
  three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Bittinger of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. June Beckett of
  Iverness, Md., and Mrs. Evelyn Hewitt of Grantsville; 12 grandchildren and
  17 great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home.
    A service was held at St. John's Church with the Rev. Douglas Garland
  officiating.  Interment was in Grantsville Cemetery.
    The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to
  Northern Garrett County Rescue Squad.
  
  The Republic, July 8, 1981
  
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