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Simon Hess Beard

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Simon Hess Beard

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 May 1962 (aged 62)
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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age 62,

md 1. Emma Jane Pitzer, died 1940
md 2. Bertha Brillhart Rohrbaugh, died 1958

father of 14 children

Simon Hess Beard, 62, of 456 South High Street, formerly of Spring Grove R.D.3, and also of the Littlestown area, died today at 2:45 a.m. at the Hanover General Hospital where he was a patient one month. He was in failing health the past year. Mr. Beard was a carpenter and a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, near Bonneauville. His first wife, Mrs. Emma Jane Pitzer Beard, died in 1940. His second wife, Mrs. Bertha Irene Brillhart Rohrbaugh Beard died in 1956. He leaves 14 children by the first marriage, Roy N. Beard and Mrs. Charles Boyd, Littlestown; Robert J. Beard, New Oxford; Mrs. Ray Haines, Littlestown R.D. 1; John E. Beard, Kenneth E. Beard, Thomas E. Beard, Francis L. Beard and Mrs. Ray Forbes, Hanover; Raymond L. Beard, York; Mrs. Nevin Garrett, Hanover R.D. 2; Mrs. Harold Bonner, Finksburg, Md.; Fred R. Beard, Westminster, Md.; and Helen L. Beard, Baltimore; 33 grandchildren and two stepdaughters, Miss Mary Rohrbaugh and Mrs. Stewart Wagner, York. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2. p.m. at the Little funersl home, Littlestown. The Rev. Mark A. Heiney will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown.
The Gettysburg Times, Friday May 25, 1962
age 62,

md 1. Emma Jane Pitzer, died 1940
md 2. Bertha Brillhart Rohrbaugh, died 1958

father of 14 children

Simon Hess Beard, 62, of 456 South High Street, formerly of Spring Grove R.D.3, and also of the Littlestown area, died today at 2:45 a.m. at the Hanover General Hospital where he was a patient one month. He was in failing health the past year. Mr. Beard was a carpenter and a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, near Bonneauville. His first wife, Mrs. Emma Jane Pitzer Beard, died in 1940. His second wife, Mrs. Bertha Irene Brillhart Rohrbaugh Beard died in 1956. He leaves 14 children by the first marriage, Roy N. Beard and Mrs. Charles Boyd, Littlestown; Robert J. Beard, New Oxford; Mrs. Ray Haines, Littlestown R.D. 1; John E. Beard, Kenneth E. Beard, Thomas E. Beard, Francis L. Beard and Mrs. Ray Forbes, Hanover; Raymond L. Beard, York; Mrs. Nevin Garrett, Hanover R.D. 2; Mrs. Harold Bonner, Finksburg, Md.; Fred R. Beard, Westminster, Md.; and Helen L. Beard, Baltimore; 33 grandchildren and two stepdaughters, Miss Mary Rohrbaugh and Mrs. Stewart Wagner, York. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2. p.m. at the Little funersl home, Littlestown. The Rev. Mark A. Heiney will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown.
The Gettysburg Times, Friday May 25, 1962


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  • Created by: Barbara
  • Added: Mar 21, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50008977/simon_hess-beard: accessed ), memorial page for Simon Hess Beard (1 Jan 1900–25 May 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50008977, citing Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Barbara (contributor 47012705).