OBIT: Ambrose J. BEVANS, 1930, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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AMBROSE J. BEVANS

Death of Ambrose J. Bevans

  GRANTSVILLE, Md., Sept. 10 - Ambrose J. Bevans, a retired merchant, former 
proprietor of the Victoria Hotel, died at his home on Monday, Sept. 8, at 2:30 
o'clock, from heart trouble.  He was the son of the late Walter and Martha 
Ridgeley Bevans, well known and highly respected residents of Garrett County, 
and was born on the Ridgely farm several miles south of Grantsville, December 
15, 1856.  He was nearly 74 years of age when he passed away.
  Mr. Bevans is survived by one daughter, Mrs. C. J. Klock, proprietress of the 
Victoria Hotel, and two sons, Raymond, of Chicago, Ill., and Clarence A. Bevans, 
of Des Plaines, Ill., and one grandson, Raymond Charles Bevans, and a sister, 
Miss Ella Bevans.  He was married to Miss Mary Eliza Jordan, Oct. 26, 1881, at 
Frostburg, Md., whose death occurred March 22, 1912.
  Mr. and Mrs. Bevans owned a farm and conducted a general store about two miles 
north of Jennings, for a number of years.  In 1905 they erected the Victoria 
Hotel and moved to Grantsville where they operated the hotel until the death of 
Mrs. Bevans in 1912.  At that time Mr. Bevans opened a grocery store and the 
daughter, Miss Maude, now Mrs. Klock, took over the management of the hotel, 
which she has continued since then.
  Mr. Bevans' health failed last winter, he at times being unable to attend to 
his business.  Several months ago he sold his entire stock of groceries to John 
Hanft.  Since then he had gradually become weaker, but could be up part of the 
time until last Wednesday he suffered a severe heart attack from which he did 
not recover.
  Mr. Bevans was a well known citizen since living in Grantsville.  He was of 
very kind and generous disposition and conducted a very successful grocery 
business.  He was a faithful member of the Catholic church and a regular 
attendant of its services.
  The funeral was held at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Wednesday morning, at 9 
o'clock.  Rev. Father Charles O. M. Cap, of Cumberland, officiated.  A requiem 
mass was sung by Rev. Father John Brady, of Meyersdale.  The pall-bearers were 
his friends and neighbors, L. G. Bittinger, A. C. Stanton, D. W. Dorsey, John 
Hanft, Louis Klotz and William Edgar.
  The floral offerings were very beautiful.  Interment was made following the 
mass, in the Ridgely Cemetery, near Grantsville.

Meyersdale Republican, September 11, 1930