Mrs. Mabel Luella Beers, 66, of Rockhill Furnace, R.D., died Tuesday,
Feb. 6, 1968, at 5:25 a.m. at the Lewistown Hospital. She had been ill
for two weeks. The deceased was born in Cromwell Township on June 24,
1901, a daughter of Grant and Rebecca (Renninger) Schmittle. She was
united in marriage to John H. Beers of Cromwell Township and he preceded
her in death on Dec. 8, 1965. She is survived by the following seven
children: Mrs. Ralph (Virginia) Hooper, Altoona; Mrs. Sheldon (Arlene)
Barron, Three Springs, R.D.; Mrs. John (Thelma) Seiders, Harrisburg;
John Beers, Silver Spring, Md.; Mrs. Maybelle McClain, Three Springs,
Ward Beers, Rockhill Furnace, R.D.; Mrs. Bruce (Mary Jane) Whitsel,
Linglestown. Nineteen grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and
these brothers and sisters survive: Elmer Schmittle, Middleburg; William
Schmittle, Florida; Mrs. Ethel Bolinger, Elizabethtown; Miss Mary
Schmittle, Rockhill Furnace and Mrs. Hazel Hicks, Mount Union, R.D. She
was a member of the Rockhill Church of the Brethren. She had been
employed as a cook at the Shirley Home for the Aged and she also had
been employed as a nurse's aide a the Elizabethtown Masonic Homes.
Interment wil be made in the IOOF Cemetery at Rockhill.