Grant Begeal, 67, died Wednesday at the home of his brother, Henry Begeal, on Pine Street, Deposit, after a long illness. Mr. Begeal was born at Rood's Creek and resided there for many years, later going to Walton. He was engaged in the quarrying and handling of blue stone, with docks at Rood's Creek and Tyler's Switch in the Town of Hancock. In 1912 he also embarked in the lumber business and operated two large mills up to the time his health failed in 1929. He was well known throughout the Deposit (a section of the newspaper missing here). The Masonic Fraternity, of which Mr. Begeal was a member, held services Friday night at the Lee Funeral Home. Burial was in the cemetery at Hale Eddy. Surviving besides his wife is a foster son, Quentin Begeal, three sisters, Mrs. Fred Lee and Mrs. William Kelly of Deposit, ad Mrs. Olive Burnside, Sidney; four brothers, Elmer of Sidney, Edgar of Rood's Creek and Henry and McKinley of Deposit.
Grant Begeal, 67, died Wednesday at the home of his brother, Henry Begeal, on Pine Street, Deposit, after a long illness. Mr. Begeal was born at Rood's Creek and resided there for many years, later going to Walton. He was engaged in the quarrying and handling of blue stone, with docks at Rood's Creek and Tyler's Switch in the Town of Hancock. In 1912 he also embarked in the lumber business and operated two large mills up to the time his health failed in 1929. He was well known throughout the Deposit (a section of the newspaper missing here). The Masonic Fraternity, of which Mr. Begeal was a member, held services Friday night at the Lee Funeral Home. Burial was in the cemetery at Hale Eddy. Surviving besides his wife is a foster son, Quentin Begeal, three sisters, Mrs. Fred Lee and Mrs. William Kelly of Deposit, ad Mrs. Olive Burnside, Sidney; four brothers, Elmer of Sidney, Edgar of Rood's Creek and Henry and McKinley of Deposit.
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