Paul Clifton Beacher ^{2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1930, West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ Arthur Beacher, machinist colliery, 46, was married at age 24 to wife L?ttie, 39, who married at age 17. With them: Arthur Jr., coal engineer in coal mines, 21, who married at age 19; Dorothy, operator in telephone co., daughter-in-law, 24, who married Arthur Jr. at age 22; Evelyn, waitress, daughter, 19; Dorothy, 16; Paul, 11; and Jean, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Dorothy's parents were from Wales. They are living at 208 Ohio Avenue.

• Residence: Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶

• Newspaper: The Daily Courier, 21 Jul 1965, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ Guard Unit Will Fly to Oregon for Training

Harrisburg - A unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard wil be airlifted to Camp Rilea, Ore. for summer training in what will be a "first" for a Keystone State unit.

The 3rd Automatic Weapons Batallion of the 213th Artillery, known historically as the "First Defenders" will fly in full combat equipment in plans of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Transport Wing based at Greater Pittsburgh Airport.

The contingent of about 375 guardsmen under the command of Col. Paul C. Beacher, is scheduled to fly non-stop from Olmsted Air Force Base at Middletown to Portland, Ore., in time to begin the two-week training session scheduled for Aug. 7-22.

• Obituary, 2001. Paul C. Beacher

FORT GRATIOT TWP. -- Paul C. Beacher, 81, of Fort Gratiot Township died Wednesday, March 28, 2001, in Port Huron Hospital.

He was born Nov. 5, 1919, in Shenandoah, Pa., to the late Arthur C. and Lottie Wagner Beacher. He married Anna Mae Evans on Dec. 26, 1942, in Mahanoy City, Pa.

Mr. Beacher was purchasing manager for T.R.W. for 20 years and 10 years for Koppers, retiring in 1986. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and retired from the National Guard as a colonel.

He is survived by his wife, Anna; two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Michael (Nancy) Schwalm of Fort Gratiot and Mr. and Mrs. Justin (Carol) Smith of Gardiner, Maine; four grandchildren, Ashley Johnson, Rebecca Smith and Hannah and Sarah Schwalm; a great-granddaughter, Olina Johnson; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 31, 2001, in Colonial Woods Missionary Church with funeral services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Gary Aupperle will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider the Alzheimer's Association. Arrangements are by the Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron.

Paul married Anna Mae Evans on 26 Dec 1942 in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹