OBIT: Edward R. BECK, 1979, formerly of Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Nancy Lorz. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BECK Edward R. Beck, 79, of Denville, N.J., formerly of Canton, Ohio and Meyersdale, died Sept. 15, 1979, in Dover, N.J. Born Jan. 26, 1900, in Somerset County, a son of the late Hiram and Amanda (Mason) Beck. Survived by his wife, the former Mae Evora Martin, and a daughter, Mrs. Alice Jane Belcher of Denville, N.J. A Somerset County farmer for 30 years, he worked at Republic Steel in Canton, Ohio an additional 30 years and then retired. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Lloyd Sechriest officiating. Interment, Union Cemetery. Daily American, September 17, 1979 [B0883]