OBIT: William BEVANS, 1931, of interest in Somerset County, Pa

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WILLIAM BEVANS

  GRANTSVILLE, MD., Dec. 15 - William E. Bevans, son of Mrs. Marshall Beachy and 
the late Edward Bevans, died at the home of his mother, Saturday morning, Dec. 
12, following an illness of six months of heart trouble.  He was born at Union 
Bridge, Md., Feb. 23, 1912, and lived 19 years, 9 months and 19 days.  Besides 
his mother and step-father, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frances Bevans 
Boucher, Washington, D.C.; Miss Mary Bevans, at home; three brothers, Lee and 
Charles, of Washington, and Ellwood Bevans, Horton, Kansas; also a half-brother, 
James M. Beachy, and half-sister, Betty Beachy, at home; three step-sisters, 
Mrs. Thomas McKeag, Braddock, Pa.; Miss Evelyn Beachy, Nashville, N.C., and Mrs. 
Eugene Baker, Grantsville, and a step-brother, Frank Beachy, Smock, Pa.
  William Bevans was a grandson of Gilead Broadwater, a well known merchant of 
town, and of the late Dr. H. L. Bevans, and Mrs. Jane Bevans, of Connellsville, 
Pa.  He was graduated from the Grantsville High School, class of 1930, and was 
popular among his schoolmates, making friends wherever he went.  He was of a 
kind humorous disposition and one of Grantsville's industrious, prosperous young 
men.  He was employed in G. W. Diefenbach's store before going to Washington, 
D.C.
  Since his graduation he held a responsible position with the People's Drug 
Stores in Washington, and was preparing to enter college there when his health 
failed in July.  His health had improved somewhat and he was brought to the 
house of his mother six weeks ago by his sister, Mrs. Boucher, who faithfully 
and tenderly cared for him during his last weeks of serious illness.
  He was a member of St. John's Reformed Church here.  He will be greatly missed 
by his many friends and loved ones.
  Funeral services were held at the Beachy home on Tuesday morning, and were 
attended by a large number of friends and relatives.  Rev. M. A. Kieffer, the 
pastor, read a very appropriate scripture selection, followed by prayer and a 
short address.  The Miller-Yoder quartette sang "That Beautiful Land."  The 
pallbearers were:  Harold Setzer, Harry Murray, Markel Stanton, William Turner, 
Charles Paul and Allen Rodamer.  The many beautiful floral tributes and kindness 
bestowed upon him during his illness were significant of the high esteem in 
which he was held.  Interment was made in the Grantsville Cemetery.
  Among those who attended the funeral were his brothers, Lee and Charles 
Bevans, Washington, D.C.; Frank Beachy, Smock, Pa.; Mrs. G. W. M. Zeller and 
son, Darrell, Frostburg; William Knecht and daughter, Regina, West Salisbury, 
Pa.; Mrs. Harvey Maust, Mrs. Ernest Livengood, Mrs. Minnie Boucher and Miss 
Elsie Boucher, all of Salisbury, Pa.; W. R. Salkeld, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. 
Frank Beachy and Miss Edith Ray, Smock, Pa.

Meyersdale Republican, December 17, 1931