OBIT: Vera (BENDER) BEACHY, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BEACHY
  
    Verda (Bender) Beachy, 89, formerly of 168 Niverton Road, Salisbury, died
  Feb. 9, 2001 at the home of her daughter in Accident, Md.  Born June 20,
  1911, in Salisbury, she was a daughter of the late Christian W. and Ida
  (Hershberger) Bender.  She was also preceded in death by three
  grandchildren, Vivian, Rodney and Audrey Maust; one step-granddaughter,
  Cynthia Yoder; four brothers, Floyd, Lewis, Omar and Harvey Bender; and one
  sister, Lena Yoder.  Mrs. Beachy was a member of Maple Glen Mennonite Church
  and the Women's Sewing Circle.  She volunteered for many years at Goodwill
  Mennonite Home and World's Attic.  She is survived by her husband of 69
  years, Simon D. Beachy; four daughters, Hilda, wife of Ivan Maust,
  Grantsville, Md., Ada, wife of Evan Maust, Salisbury, Esther, wife of
  Edward Yoder, Grantsville, Lucy wife of Alva Maust, Accident; three
  sisters, Myra Maust, Della Miller and Fannie (Mrs. Paul) Zook, all of
  Grantsville; 11 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and a number of
  step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren.  Friends will be received
  from 7-9 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Newman Funeral Homes,
  P.A., Grantsville, Md.  Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in
  Maple Glen Mennonite Church with the Rev. Philip Moser and the Rev. Sanford
  Bender officiating.  Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the
  services.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Expressions of
  sympathy may be directed to Maple Glen Mennonite Church.
  
  Daily American, February 10, 2001
  
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