JOHNSTOWN, PA. – Services will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at the Clemente Funeral Home in Struthers, Ohio for Elsie Marie Ifft Beal, 89, formerly of Youngstown, Ohio who passed away at the Laurelwood Care Center Tuesday afternoon, January 4, 2010.
Elsie was born on March 31, 1921, in Summitville, Pa., a daughter of Herman and Mary Whiteman Ifft.
She came to the Youngstown, Ohio area as a young lady and was a waitress at numerous establishments. She was a former member of the Methodist Church in Johnstown.
Elsie married George Beal in 1960, and he passed away in 1985.
She leaves one sister, Betty Jane DeWitt of Armaugh, Pa.; she also leaves several nieces and nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; husband and one son, Richard G. Richards; one daughter, Barbara J. Hornyak; and two brothers, William Ifft and infant Robert Ifft.
Friends may call one hour before the service Friday at the funeral home from 10 to 11 a.m.
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