OBIT: Vernon Clay BEACHY, 1990, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  VERNON C. BEACHY
  
    Vernon Clay Beachy, 82, of 175 Main Street, died Sunday, June 17, 1990,
  at his Grantsville, MD residence.
    Born September 14, 1907, he was the son of the late Joel A. and Etta
  (Livengood) Beachy.
    He was preceded in death by his wife Gertrude (Wilburn) Beachy in 1972. 
  Also preceding him in death were two brothers and one sister.
    He was a member of St. John United Church of Christ; past president of
  Woodmen of the World, Camp 41; member of Fraternal Order of Police;
  Cumberland Moose Lodge and a retired member of the Grantsville Volunteer
  Fire Company.
    He was employed for 28 years as a maintenance welder for the
  Kelly-Springfield Tire Company.
    Survivors include his widow Alverda (Beitzel) Beachy; seven sons, William
  V. Beachy, Baltimore, MD; Carl R. Beachy, Swanton, MD; Eugene D. Beachy,
  Beltsville, MD; Ronald L. Beachy, Upper Marlboro, MD; Marvin F. Beachy,
  Frederick, MD; Harold G. and Richard A. Beachy, both of Grantsville, MD;
  three daughters, Mary Geouge, Frederick, MD; Janet Carroll, Seabrook, MD
  and Kathleen McGregor, Glen Burnie, MD; three brothers, Irvin Beachy,
  Pittsburgh; Roy Beachy, Berlin; and John Beachy, Grantsville, MD; three
  sisters, June Beckett, Inverness, Fla.; Ruby Bittinger, Akron, Ohio and
  Evelyn Hewitt, Grantsville, MD; 25 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren
  and one great-great-grandson.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville where
  services were conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Connelly Chaney and
  Rev. Joseph Lewis officiating.
    The pallbearers were his grandsons.
  
  The Republic, June 21, 1990
  
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