OBIT: Arthur A. BEAM, 1977, Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BEAM
  
  Arthur A. Beam, 95, Jennerstown, died July 29, 1977, at Somerset Community
  Hospital.  He was born January 20, 1882, in Jenner Township, Somerset
  County, son of Henry and Rebecca (Baldwin) Beam.  He was preceded in death
  by his parents, first wife, the former Cora Wiand who died in 1940, and
  second wife, the former Bessie Mae Steck, who died in 1968.  He was also
  preceded in death by a brother Morton and these sisters; Della Ressler,
  Mrs. Alice Tosh, Mrs. Carrie Miller Gohn, Mrs. Sarah Griffith, and Mrs.
  Elsie Barnett; a great grandson, Joel Bradley Hay.  He is survived by a
  daughter, Mrs. Catharine Trible Georg, Jennerstown; two step-children,
  Francis Steck and Mrs. Vanessa Mason; three grandchildren; William A.
  Trible, Florida, Mary Lou, wife of James Thomas, Silver Springs, Md., Janet
  Lee, wife of James Ray, Jennerstown; eight great grandchildren.  He was a
  member of Laurel Trinity Lutheran Church, Jennerstown.  He is the last of
  the Abraham-Hiram-Henry-Beam ancestors of the Beam family tree, near the
  Beam Church.  He helped build the town of Boswell working there during the
  years 1900-1902.  In 1910, he went into farming and dairying near
  Boswell.  He sold milk retaining in Boswell for 15 years.  He was one of
  the original directors of the Peoples State Bank, Jennerstown.  At his
  death, he was a director emeritus [sic].  He also served 20 years on the
  Jenner Township School Board.  In his later years, he worked at Camp
  Sequanota, retiring three years ago.  He also served on the Church Council
  at St. Andrews, Boswell, and Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Jenner Township. 
  Friends received from 7-9 p.m. Saturday and from 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the
  Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny Street, Boswell, where
  funeral service will b held at 2 a.m. Monday, the Rev. Jesse E. Wolf,
  officiating.  Interment, Lutheran Cemetery Jennerstown.
  
  Daily American, July 30, 1977
  
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