Mrs. Emma Jane Beard, 40, wife of Simon H. Beard, Littlestown R.2, died suddenly Sunday evening at 11 o'clock. Earlier in the evening
she had visited a sister, Mrs. Clair Snyder, who lives nearby and became ill. She was taken home where she suffered a heart attack. A Littlestown physician was called but death occurred before his arrival.
Dr. C. G. Crist, Adams county coroner, investigated and attributed death to coronary embolism.
The deceased was a daughter of David Pitzer, Gettysburg, R. 5, and the late Mrs. Pitzer. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran church, near Bonneauville. The Beards formerly resided near Gettysburg.
In addition to her husband she is survived by 14 children, Ray, Robert, Viola, John, Raymond, Mar-
garet, Kenneth, Thomas, Goldie, Francis, Shelby, Shirley, Freddie and Helen, twins, all at home; one brother, Nevin Pitzer, New Oxford, and four sisters, Mrs. Ivan Sentz, Florida, and Mrs. Clair Snyder, Mrs. Curvin Sentz and Mrs. Harry Good, all of Littlestown R.D.
Funeral services from the J.W. Little and son funeral home, Littlestown, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Eugene Keller, near Two Taverns, a retired Lutheran minister.
The Gettysburg Times, Monday Dec 2, 1940
she had visited a sister, Mrs. Clair Snyder, who lives nearby and became ill. She was taken home where she suffered a heart attack. A Littlestown physician was called but death occurred before his arrival.
Dr. C. G. Crist, Adams county coroner, investigated and attributed death to coronary embolism.
The deceased was a daughter of David Pitzer, Gettysburg, R. 5, and the late Mrs. Pitzer. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran church, near Bonneauville. The Beards formerly resided near Gettysburg.
In addition to her husband she is survived by 14 children, Ray, Robert, Viola, John, Raymond, Mar-
garet, Kenneth, Thomas, Goldie, Francis, Shelby, Shirley, Freddie and Helen, twins, all at home; one brother, Nevin Pitzer, New Oxford, and four sisters, Mrs. Ivan Sentz, Florida, and Mrs. Clair Snyder, Mrs. Curvin Sentz and Mrs. Harry Good, all of Littlestown R.D.
Funeral services from the J.W. Little and son funeral home, Littlestown, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Eugene Keller, near Two Taverns, a retired Lutheran minister.
The Gettysburg Times, Monday Dec 2, 1940
Mrs. Emma Jane Beard, 40, wife of Simon H. Beard, Littlestown R.2, died suddenly Sunday evening at 11 o'clock. Earlier in the evening
she had visited a sister, Mrs. Clair Snyder, who lives nearby and became ill. She was taken home where she suffered a heart attack. A Littlestown physician was called but death occurred before his arrival.
Dr. C. G. Crist, Adams county coroner, investigated and attributed death to coronary embolism.
The deceased was a daughter of David Pitzer, Gettysburg, R. 5, and the late Mrs. Pitzer. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran church, near Bonneauville. The Beards formerly resided near Gettysburg.
In addition to her husband she is survived by 14 children, Ray, Robert, Viola, John, Raymond, Mar-
garet, Kenneth, Thomas, Goldie, Francis, Shelby, Shirley, Freddie and Helen, twins, all at home; one brother, Nevin Pitzer, New Oxford, and four sisters, Mrs. Ivan Sentz, Florida, and Mrs. Clair Snyder, Mrs. Curvin Sentz and Mrs. Harry Good, all of Littlestown R.D.
Funeral services from the J.W. Little and son funeral home, Littlestown, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Eugene Keller, near Two Taverns, a retired Lutheran minister.
The Gettysburg Times, Monday Dec 2, 1940
she had visited a sister, Mrs. Clair Snyder, who lives nearby and became ill. She was taken home where she suffered a heart attack. A Littlestown physician was called but death occurred before his arrival.
Dr. C. G. Crist, Adams county coroner, investigated and attributed death to coronary embolism.
The deceased was a daughter of David Pitzer, Gettysburg, R. 5, and the late Mrs. Pitzer. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran church, near Bonneauville. The Beards formerly resided near Gettysburg.
In addition to her husband she is survived by 14 children, Ray, Robert, Viola, John, Raymond, Mar-
garet, Kenneth, Thomas, Goldie, Francis, Shelby, Shirley, Freddie and Helen, twins, all at home; one brother, Nevin Pitzer, New Oxford, and four sisters, Mrs. Ivan Sentz, Florida, and Mrs. Clair Snyder, Mrs. Curvin Sentz and Mrs. Harry Good, all of Littlestown R.D.
Funeral services from the J.W. Little and son funeral home, Littlestown, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Eugene Keller, near Two Taverns, a retired Lutheran minister.
The Gettysburg Times, Monday Dec 2, 1940
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