OBIT: Catherine (BEACHLEY) MIDDLESWARTH, 1997, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MIDDLESWARTH
  
    Catherine B. Middleswarth, 93, of York died Aug. 13, 1997, at York
  Lutheran Home in the Village at Sprenkle Drive.  She was the wife of
  the late Rev. Harner R. Middleswarth.  Born Nov. 26, 1903, in
  Somerset.  Daughter of the late Oran W. and Grace (Frank) Beachley. 
  Graduate of the Susquehanna Academy and Susquehanna University.  She
  was a retired school teacher, having taught for 24 years in the
  public schools of Altoona and Manasquan, N.J., as well as in the
  Lansdowne Friends School and Lankanau School for Girls in
  Philadelphia.  Member of Advent Lutheran Church, York.  Survived by a
  daughter, Ruth C.M. Pikop of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County; a
  brother, Kenneth G. Beachley of Wormleysburg, and a sister, Dorothy
  B. Burkhart of Chambersburg, Franklin County.  Funeral services at 10
  a.m. Monday at Baumeister, Orcutt and Small Mortuaries, Inc., South
  Queen at Jackson Street, York.  Officiating will be Rev. Thomas E.
  McKee, chaplain of York Lutheran Home, assisted by her Visitation
  Pastor, Rev. Richard L. Ehrhart.  Viewing from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Monday
  at the funeral home.  Burial at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Arlington
  Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County.  Memorial contributions may
  be made to York Lutheran Home, 1801 Folkemer Circle, York, Pa. 17404.
  
  Daily American, August 15, 1997
  
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