OBIT: Earl R. BEGGS, 1941, Confluence, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ EARL R. BEGGS Earl R. Beggs, 62, former well known and well beloved citizen of Confluence, died in a hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida where he had been residing for the past ten years. Mr. Beggs, a native of Woburn, Mass., moved to Confluence as a young man. For 15 years he was active in the Beggs and Cobb Tannery which was then located at Confluence. When the tannery business was discontinued Mr. Beggs went into the insurance business, later becoming one of the most prominent insurance brokers in western Pennsylvania. He was active in local civic affairs and in the work of the Confluence Lutheran Church, serving as Sunday School superintendent and on the church council. Mr. Beggs retired ten years ago and took up his residence in St. Petersburg where in 1935 he purchased a home. He was a member and past president of the Mirror Lake Chess Club and a member of St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling Club and of the Camera Club. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle R. Beggs; his mother, Mrs. Thomas G. Beggs, Confluence; a daughter, Mrs. Hayes Swan, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; a son, Donald Beggs, and two grandchildren, Martha and Elizabeth Beggs, of St. Petersburg; four brothers, Thomas Beggs, St. Petersburg, and Fairlee, Vt.; John Beggs, New Kensington, Pa., and Charles and Elliot Beggs, Confluence, and two sisters, Mrs. V. W. Wallace, Berwick, Pa., and Mrs. S. W. Whitaker, Confluence. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the John S. Rhodes Chapel, St. Petersburg. Burial will be made privately at the convenience of the family. The following words of appreciation were penned by Rev. George Ritter: "As we knew him, Mr. Beggs was a respected and successful businessman as evidenced by the flourishing insurance business he established in the community. As a churchman he exhibited similar principles of thoroughness, tactfulness and amiability, which characterized his business career and which won for him the confidence of all who knew him. Humanly speaking, we regret very much his passing on, but spiritually, our loss is his eternal gain." Meyersdale Republican, July 31, 1941