Mary F. Beach

Mary F. Beach, 81, Greenville, Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010, at her home.
Born Oct. 28, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Edward F. and Frances A. Jackson Bickel.
She was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Bradford.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Beach.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Herman G. Beach; nine children, Jerry Beach of San Francisco, Joyce Coleman of Borden, Joan Purucker of Augusta, Ga., Theresa Gettelfinger of Salem, Kenneth and Marc Beach and Beth Gettelfinger, all of Pekin, and Keith Beach of Lanesville; a brother, Charles Bickel of Floyds Knobs, Ind.; 27 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Visitation: Thursday, July 15, from 3 to 8 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Bradford.
Rosary service: Thursday, July 15, at 4 p.m.
Funeral Mass: Friday, July 16, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society or St. Michael’s Catholic Church.