OBIT: Harold A. BEITZEL, 1983, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ HAROLD A. BEITZEL Harold A. Beitzel, 65, died October 23, 1983 at his home in Edgewater. A native and former resident of Grantsville, Maryland, he was a son of the late Henry Beitzel and Cynthia (Snyder) Beitzel. He was a graduate of Grantsville High School and served in the Army in World War II. He was a former street car operator in Washington D.C., and prior to his retirement was employed as a guard at the District Jail in Washington. He attended the Edgewater Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lottie (Efaw) Beitzel; one son, Wayne Beitzel, Edgewater; a daughter, Mrs. Debbie Maxon, Mount Morris; three brothers, Curtis Beitzel and William Beitzel, both of Grantsville; Ellis Beitzel, Salisbury; six sisters, Mrs. Violet Higgins, Frostburg, Maryland; Mrs. Beulah Resh, Grantsville; Mrs. Melda Harris, Edgewater; Mrs. Trellis Rassier, Albany, N.Y.; Mrs. Alice Bittinger, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Hollie Fazenbaker, Westernport, and four grandchildren. Friends were received at the Behm Funeral Home, Jefferson, where services were conducted Thursday. The Republic, October 27, 1983 [B1008]