Mrs. Lena Beckwith, Prospect Street, Waymart, died Tuesay in St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, after an ilness. Her husband, Claud, died in 1961.
Born in East Canaan, South Canaan Twp., daughter of the late Elbert and Lizzie Enslin Swingle, she resided in Waymart most of her life and was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Waymart.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edna Gilhooley and Mrs. Florence Welles, both of Waymart; three sons, Lloyd, Ashville, N.C.; Howard, Lynnwood, Wash., and Russell, Cicero, N.Y.; 16 grandchilren, 34 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. from Herbert E. Jenkins Funeral Home, 269 Belmont St., Waymart. Rev. Donald Roberts, pastor of United Calvary Methodist Church, and Rev. Russell A. Edwards, pastor emeritus of South Clinton and Waymart Baptist Churches, officiating. Interment, Canaan Corners Cemetery.
Born in East Canaan, South Canaan Twp., daughter of the late Elbert and Lizzie Enslin Swingle, she resided in Waymart most of her life and was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Waymart.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edna Gilhooley and Mrs. Florence Welles, both of Waymart; three sons, Lloyd, Ashville, N.C.; Howard, Lynnwood, Wash., and Russell, Cicero, N.Y.; 16 grandchilren, 34 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. from Herbert E. Jenkins Funeral Home, 269 Belmont St., Waymart. Rev. Donald Roberts, pastor of United Calvary Methodist Church, and Rev. Russell A. Edwards, pastor emeritus of South Clinton and Waymart Baptist Churches, officiating. Interment, Canaan Corners Cemetery.
Mrs. Lena Beckwith, Prospect Street, Waymart, died Tuesay in St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, after an ilness. Her husband, Claud, died in 1961.
Born in East Canaan, South Canaan Twp., daughter of the late Elbert and Lizzie Enslin Swingle, she resided in Waymart most of her life and was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Waymart.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edna Gilhooley and Mrs. Florence Welles, both of Waymart; three sons, Lloyd, Ashville, N.C.; Howard, Lynnwood, Wash., and Russell, Cicero, N.Y.; 16 grandchilren, 34 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. from Herbert E. Jenkins Funeral Home, 269 Belmont St., Waymart. Rev. Donald Roberts, pastor of United Calvary Methodist Church, and Rev. Russell A. Edwards, pastor emeritus of South Clinton and Waymart Baptist Churches, officiating. Interment, Canaan Corners Cemetery.
Born in East Canaan, South Canaan Twp., daughter of the late Elbert and Lizzie Enslin Swingle, she resided in Waymart most of her life and was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Waymart.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edna Gilhooley and Mrs. Florence Welles, both of Waymart; three sons, Lloyd, Ashville, N.C.; Howard, Lynnwood, Wash., and Russell, Cicero, N.Y.; 16 grandchilren, 34 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. from Herbert E. Jenkins Funeral Home, 269 Belmont St., Waymart. Rev. Donald Roberts, pastor of United Calvary Methodist Church, and Rev. Russell A. Edwards, pastor emeritus of South Clinton and Waymart Baptist Churches, officiating. Interment, Canaan Corners Cemetery.
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