OBIT: Nellie J. (BEACHY) NISSLEY, 1993, of interest in Somerset County, PA
    
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  NELLIE J. NISSLEY
    
  Nellie J. Beachy Nissley, 100, former resident of Grantsville, MD, died at
  the Sunnyside Nursing Home, Sarasota, FL, on March 21, 1993.
  Born July 23, 1892 in Bittinger, MD, she was the daughter of the late Paul
  and Elizabeth (Lohr) Beachy.
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Joseph Nissley, in 1970;
  five brothers and three sisters.
  She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
  She received her formal education at Eastern Mennonite College,
  Harrisonburg, VA, and Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD.  She
  taught school in the mountains of western Maryland for approximately 30
  years.  She was known to have had over 60 pupils in a one-room schoolhouse,
  and taught all subjects in all eight grades.
  During her lifetime, she was actively involved in the work of the Mennonite
  Church.
  Surviving is a foster son, Thomas Bittinger, of Uniontown OH, as well as
  four generations of nieces and nephews.
  Services were conducted at the Tourist Mennonite Church on March 24. 
  Interment was in Sunnyside Cemetery, Sarasota, FL.  Officiating at the
  funeral service were Jack Weaver, Walter Shank and Amos Harst.
    
    New Republic, April 22, 1993
    
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