James H. "Jim" BEAVER, 67, of Box 313, Mount Union, died at 2:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 4, 2002, at Altoona Hospital, Altoona, following an
extended illness. Born Sept. 11, 1934, in Shirley Twp., Huntingdon
County, he was the son of George W. and Mary M. (Beaver) Ripple, both
deceased. He was united in marriage to Edna Longenecker Feb. 17, 1953,
in Hagerstown, Md. He is survived by his wife and the following
children: Barbara A. Kling of Burnt Cabins; Faye A. Kemp of County Club
Rd., Mount Union; Peggy A. Brunner of Newton Hamilton; Mary A. Plank of
Orbisonia; Susie I. Tyson of Lewistown; David G. Beaver of Lewistown,
and Sharon E. Beaver of Mount Union. He is also survived by 11
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Irene Lancaster
of Kistler, Mount Union and Virginia Lancaster of Huntingdon, survive.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia A. Fortney; a son,
James H. Beaver Jr., and three grandchildren. Mr. Beaver attended
Assembly of God Church, Mount Union. He was a member of the Fraternal
Order of Police and a retired member of the Mount Union Volunteer Fire
Company. He served in the Army National Guard, Huntingdon. He retired in
1977, as a school bus driver for Royer Smith Busing. He was also , at
one time, a patrolman of the Mount Union Police Department and later the
auxiliary police in the Mount Union Area. He also served as a
Pennsylvania State Constable. Mr. Beaver loved to hunt and work on
mechanical things. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May
7, at the Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with the Rev.
Gordon Ross officiating. Interment will be made in the Mount Nebo
Cemetery, Shirleysburg.