OBIT: Mary Ellen (Kolbfleish) BEACHY, 1931, Casselman, Somerset County, PA

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MARY ELLEN KOLBFLEISH BEACHY

  GRANTSVILLE, Md., June 22 - Mrs. Mary Ellen Kolbfleish Beachy, wife of Jacob 
A. Beachy, died at her home at Casselman, near Grantsville, on Sunday morning, 
June 21.  She had been ill for some time and developed pneumonia last week and 
was somewhat improved when she was taken seriously ill and passed away.
  She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Catherine Kolbfleisch and was born 
at Cove, Garrett County, Md., Aug. 19, 1863, aged 67 years, 10 months and 2 
days.  On December 24, 1884, she married Jacob Beachy, who survives her, with 
the following children:  Clarence, Sherman and Jonas, living near Grantsville; 
Mrs. Jennie Spoerlin, Somerset, Pa.; Mrs. Walter Cook, Frostburg, Md.; Mrs. 
Irvin Baker, near Grantsville; fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild; 
also one sister, Mrs. J. P. Miller, of Grantsville, and three brothers, Jackson 
Kolbfleisch, Oakland; John Kolbfleisch, Confluence, Pa., and Emanuel 
Kolbfleisch, of Cove, Md.
  Mrs. Beachy was a lifelong member of the Church of the Brethren.  She was a 
kind neighbor and was highly respected by all who knew her.  
  Funeral services were held in the Maple Grove Brethren Church on Tuesday 
afternoon, and were largely attended by relatives and friends.  Rev. J. C. 
Walls, her pastor, officiated.  Interment in the Grantsville Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, June 25, 1931