Mrs. Beachy was a self-employed genealogist and authored eight books on the subject. She was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, the National Genealogical Society, and the Garrett Co., Allegany Co., and Somerset Co., (Pa.) Historical Societies. She was also the valedictorian of the Salisbury-Elk Lick High School Class of 1949.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, William V. Beachy; two daughters, Terri Lynn Smith and husband, Phil, Hampstead; Dr. Natalie Anne Purvis and husband, Alan, Westminster; and two grandchildren, Ashley Anne Smith, and Clay Alan Purvis.  
 
Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral Home, P.A., Grantsville, on Saturday, Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.  Services will be conducted in the funeral home on Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mark Crispell, officiating. Interment will be in the Grantsville Cemetery