OBIT: Edson Thomas BECK, 1988, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  BECK
  
  Edson Thomas Beck, 96, of Indian Head, died Feb. 10, 1988, at the Highlands
  Hospital and Health Center, Connellsville.  He was born Nov. 10, 1891, at
  Jones Mills, a son of David Austin and Fannie D. (Nedrow) Beck.  He is
  survived by his wife, Anna N. (Kalp) Beck, with whom he observed his 72nd
  wedding anniversary on Dec. 24, 1987; two sons:  Merle D., Melcroft; and E.
  Carl, Indian Head; two daughters:  Mrs. Helen Stahl, Citrus Fla.; and Stella
  Strawderman, Indian Head; 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and five
  great-great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by two grandsons,
  Larry and Edwin Beck.  He was a lumberman and timberman.  He served four,
  six year terms as justice of the peace and was a fire warden, towerman and
  inspector for the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters for many
  years.  He was an agent for the Farm Bureau Insurance Company, which later
  became Nationwide Insurance, from 1944 to 1954.  He served as an accountant
  and did income tax work for many area laborers, farmers, merchants and
  lumber operations.  He established the Longwood Union Sunday School and in
  1951 established the Mount Hope Assembly of God Church on Route 31 near
  Jones Mills, which he pastored until October 1967.  He was a charter member
  of the Melcroft Full Gospel Church, which is now the Melcroft Assembly of
  God Church, of which he was also a member.  Friends will be received at the
  Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., Route 711 in Melcroft, today 7-9 p.m. and
  10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.  Additional viewing will be held Saturday in the
  Melcroft Assembly of God Church on Route 711 from noon until the hour of
  service at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Roger Pence officiating.  Interment will
  follow in the Donegal Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 11, 1988
  
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