OBIT: Ella Jane (Swank) BEAL, 2005, Boswell, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- BEAL, Ella Jane 03/02/05 Daily American Ella Jane Beal, 91, Boswell, died Feb. 28, 2005, at Somerset Hospital, Somerset. Born Dec. 19, 1913, in Lincoln Township, a daughter of John David and Elsie Emma (Shotts) Swank. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Harry Milton Beal, who died Feb. 21, 1987; sisters, Anna Weimer, Dora Bittner, Elsie Mikolich and Ermina Weimer; brothers, John D. Swank Jr. and Wesley Swank. Survived by daughter Ms. Jean Ella Rinker, Boswell, and fiancˇ Elmer "Dutch" Custer, Hooversville; grandchildren Thomas Jones Jr. and wife Tracey, High Point, N.C.; Mrs. Gary (Cindy) Firda, Schenectady, N.Y.; great-granddaughters Mrs. Paul (Heidi Lynn) Mouyos, Dodgeville, N.Y.; and Amber and Courtney Jones, High Point N.C.; great-great-granddaughters Matina Marie and Savannah Jean Mouyos, Dodgeville, N.Y. She was a very good mother, who enjoyed gardening with her best friend Mary Zanoni. Friends received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where a service will be conducted 10 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Barry K. Ritenour officiating. Interment Somerset County Memorial Park. Contributions may be given to St. John's United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 165, Sipesville, PA 15561