Virginia M. Gillespie-Beam

Virginia M. Gillespie-Beam, 90, formerly of Brackenridge, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Portage University Hospital, Ravenna, OH. She was born March 2, 1928 in Brackenridge to the late William M. and Laura A. (Swartzlander) Gohn, Sr. Virginia was a homemaker and also worked as a cook at the Anchor Inn, Natrona Heights, WT Grant, Lower Burrell and was a cashier for K-Mart, New Kensington and Ginny’s Thrift Store, Natrona. She was a member of the Mission Chapel, First Pentecostal Church, Brackenridge. Virginia enjoyed going to estate sales, antiques and collecting toy bears.             Survivors include her children Donna (Gillespie) Palmer, Natrona Heights and Robert W. (Joni) Gillespie, Jamestown, OH; step children Bella Rose Beam Van Ryan, Tarentum, Pamela (James) Beam Jones, Leechburg, Edward A. (Becky) Beam, Freeport, Robert (Janet) Beam and Cynthia J. Beam, both of Decatur, ILL; grandchildren Robert A., Casey, Madison Gillespie, John A. Gillespie, Jr. and Mark A. Kunkle, Jr., and 5 great grandchildren. Also surviving are her siblings Arlene Gohn Hoak, Ravenna, OH and James A. (Linda) Gohn, Manorville and numerous nieces and nephews. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Robert F. Gillespie, second husband Edward Beam, daughter Mary Louise Gillespie, Kunkle, DiFrancia and brothers William M. “Shorty, Leroy David and Robert J. Gohn.             Visitation Saturday, 10 am until the time of service at 1 PM  in the Duster Funeral Home, Inc. 347 E 10th Ave, Tarentum, 724-224-1526 with Rev. John W. Phillips, officiating. Burial in Sarverville Cemetery, Buffalo Twp. VISIT: dusterfh.com