"The Simpson Leader Time" 10 Aug, 1970, p.17
Mrs. Ethel Pauline Bleakney Beatty, 72, of Elderton, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1970, at 9:15 P.M. in the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning. A daughter of William Curtis and Millie Hall Bleakney, she was born Aug. 5, 1898 at Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. She had been a resident of the Elderton area her entire life.. and was a former school teacher in Plum Creek Township.
Mrs. Beatty was a member of the Elderton United Presbyterian Church, and Silver Star Rebekah Lodge No. 67.
Surviving are a brother, Curtis Frank Bleakney, Shelocta, R.D.1;; three sisters, Mrs. Harry N. (Ruth) Montgomery, Rural Valley; Mrs. Mildred Baker, Kittanning; Mrs. Kenneth ( Martha ) Aikens, Shelocta, R.D.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Beatty in 1953; two brothers, Homer and Earl Bleakney, and a sister, Francis Bleakney Williams.
Friends will be received from 7-9 pm today, and 7-9 pm Tuesday at the Clark Funeral Home, Elderton, where services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 pm, with the Rev. W. Allen Shannon officiating. Interment will be made in the Elderton Cemetery.

"The Simpson Leader Time" 10 Aug, 1970, p.17
Mrs. Ethel Pauline Bleakney Beatty, 72, of Elderton, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1970, at 9:15 P.M. in the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning. A daughter of William Curtis and Millie Hall Bleakney, she was born Aug. 5, 1898 at Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. She had been a resident of the Elderton area her entire life.. and was a former school teacher in Plum Creek Township.
Mrs. Beatty was a member of the Elderton United Presbyterian Church, and Silver Star Rebekah Lodge No. 67.
Surviving are a brother, Curtis Frank Bleakney, Shelocta, R.D.1;; three sisters, Mrs. Harry N. (Ruth) Montgomery, Rural Valley; Mrs. Mildred Baker, Kittanning; Mrs. Kenneth ( Martha ) Aikens, Shelocta, R.D.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Beatty in 1953; two brothers, Homer and Earl Bleakney, and a sister, Francis Bleakney Williams.
Friends will be received from 7-9 pm today, and 7-9 pm Tuesday at the Clark Funeral Home, Elderton, where services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 pm, with the Rev. W. Allen Shannon officiating. Interment will be made in the Elderton Cemetery.