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Erskie Beechler


Erskie Beechler, 85, 634 S. Washington St., Greenfield, died 8:45 a.m. Sunday [21 Nov 1976] at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Chillicothe. Born Nov. 8, 1892, in Ross County, he was the son of Watt and Rachel E. Cox Beechler. Mr. Beechler served in the Army in World War I. He is survived by his second wife, the former Hazel Hester, whom he married in 1964. Also surviving are four sons, Raymond W. Beechler, Frankfort Rt. 2; Erskie Beechler Jr., Greenfield; Lawrence Edward Beechler, Springfield, and John Robert Beechler, Springfield; six daughters, Mrs. Seymore (Erma) Radcliff, Greenfield; Mrs. John (Virginia) Jarrels, Springfield; Mrs. Carl (Jessie) McCoy, Wellston Rt. 2; Mrs. James (Martha) Null, Springfield; Mrs. Mary Brickman, Springfield, and Mrs. Dorothy Parks, Springfield; 37 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Ernest Beechler, Bainbridge Rt. 1; Oscar Beechler, Lyndon Rt. 1; Edward Beechler, Lyndon Rt. 1, and Walter Beechler, Pleasant Lake, Ind., and five sisters, Miss Anna Beechler, South Salem; Mrs. Ed (Gladys) Wisecup, Lyndon Rt. 1; Mrs. Mary Skaggs, Bainbridge, Mrs. Art Ward, Lyndon Rt. 1, and Mrs. Frank (Sarah) Newell, Greenfield. His first wife, Mrs. Margaret J. Beechler, died in 1961. Also predeceasing Mr. Beechler in death were three grandchildren, two sisters and one brother. Funeral service for Mr. Beechler will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian Baptist Church. Rev. Eugene Fligor and Rev. Robert Combs will officiate and burial will be in the Good Hope Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Murray's Funeral Home, Greenfield.

Times-Gazette, Greenfield, Highland County OH; November 22, 1976


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