Obituary: BEALS, Libbie (McCLLYMAN); b. 1890; Friendship, Adams County, Wisconsin ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Erika Hall < ehall@maqs.net > October 29, 1998 < http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/adams/obituaries/beals01.txt > ==================================================================== Mrs. Eli Beals FRIENDSHIP--Mrs. Eli Beals, 73, Brooks, Wis., died at 8 a.m. Monday at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for three months. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the New Chester Congregational Church with the Rev. William King officiating. Burial will be in New Chester Cemetery. Mrs. Beals, the former Libbie McCllyman, was born in the town of Newchester, Adams County, May 13, 1890, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McCllyman, and was married to Mr. Beals in 1908. She served as postmistress at Brooks for 16 years, and operated the telephone exchange there for 34 years. Surviving are her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Cecil Elliott and Mrs. Lucy Hamilton, Oxford; Mrs. Ollie Nelson, Arena, and Mrs. Irna Luebka, Dellwood; two sons, Clinton (Jim) Janesville, and Eli, Oregon; two brothers, Andrew and Wallace , Brooks; one sister, Mrs. Vera Fenner, Friendship; 18 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.