OBIT: Lucinda (Beachy) MAUST, 1932, native of Somerset County, PA

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LUCINDA BEACHY MAUST

  At the age of 79 years, 2 months and 12 days, the earthly pilgrimage of 
Lucinda Beachy Maust, widow of the late Elder Samuel P. Maust, came peacefully 
to an end, without suffering or struggle, at about 10 o'clock, July 4, 1932, at 
the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vought, in Meyersdale.  
Her health had been gradually failing her during the last year, yet she was able 
to get about quite well until about five weeks before her gentle spirit took its 
flight.  During those five weeks she was confined to her bed much of the time, a 
fact which many of her friends did not know, and hence the news of her death 
came as a surprise to many.  Her death seemed to be due to the infirmities of 
old age.
  Mrs. Maust was the eldest daughter of the late Abraham P. and Christiana 
Lichty Beachy, and was born on the old Beachy homestead farm, near West 
Salisbury, designated in certain old records as The Mount Vernon Farm, and now 
owned by Lloyd L. Beachy, youngest brother of the deceased.  She grew to 
womanhood on the farm where she was born, and about 62 years ago became the wife 
of her late husband, who for many years was one of the most prominent farmers in 
Elk Lick Township, as well as a minister in the Church of the Brethren from the 
time he was a man of middle age to the time of his death, which occurred about 
thirteen years ago.
  Elder and Mrs. Maust became the owners of the ancestral Maust homestead, about 
1 1/2 miles north of Salisbury, very shortly after they were married.  Mr. Maust 
died on the same farm, and Mrs. Maust some time thereafter became a resident of 
Meyersdale, spending the last few years of her life here.  She was the mother of 
seven children, three of whom survive her, namely, Abraham L. Maust, of Colorado 
Springs, Colo.; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel J. Meyers, and Alice, wife of Roy 
Vought, both of Meyersdale.  Her four deceased children were Mrs. Orpha Ritchie, 
of Colorado, Mrs. Elsie Smith, of Erie, Pa., the late Morris S. Maust, who died 
only a short time ago on the ancestral Maust homestead farm, where he and his 
parents both resided in their turn, for many years; one son died in infancy.
  Mrs. Maust is also survived by 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, two 
brothers and two sisters.  The surviving brothers are Peter A. Beachy of 
Chicago, and Lloyd L. Beachy of Salisbury.  The sisters are Mrs. Annie Beachy of 
Topeka, Kan., and Alice, wife of Norman Musselman, of Arkansas City, Kan.
  As a wife, mother, neighbor and friend, Lucinda Beachy Maust was one of 
earth's oldest and best, and was universally loved and respected by all who knew 
her.  She was a devout and faithful member of the Church of the Brethren from 
the days of her girlhood, and died as she lived, a Christian.
  The funeral was held at the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren, Wednesday, July 
6th, at 2:30 p.m., and was conducted by her pastor, Rev. George L. Detweiler, 
assisted by Rev. T. R. Coffman, of Somerset, one of her former pastors.  The 
obsequies were attended by a very large number of sorrowing relatives and 
friends from numerous places where Mrs. Maust was known.  The floral tributes 
were many, and very beautiful.
  The burial arrangement was in charge of Funeral Director W. C. Price, with 
interment in the Union Cemetery, Meyersdale.

Meyersdale Republican, July 7, 1932