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GALES, Beverly Ann (Bolster) 1939-2014

GALES, BOLSTER, SMOKE, MILLER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/16/2014 at 23:47:35

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Thursday, May 22, 2014]

Beverly Anne Gales, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Meth-Wick Manor following a brief illness. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Catholic Church, by the Rev. Mark Reasoner, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, both in Cedar Rapids. There will be a time of memories and sharing at 5 p.m. Friday at Teahen Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, where friends may visit with the family following until 8 p.m. Friends may also visit with the family after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Beverly is survived by her husband, John “Jack;” a daughter, Susan Gales (Russ) Smoke of Palmetto, Fla.; two sons, John W. (Christie Morris) Gales and Jim (Keri Hayen) Gales, both of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Bill (Eileen) Bolster of Naples, Fla.; a sister, Mary Catherine Bolster of New York, N.Y.; seven grandchildren, John David Gales, Nichole Siena Miller, Mary Kathryn Gales, Clark Bolster Miller, Meghan Elizabeth Miller, Alexis Mae Gales and Gavin John Gales; a great-grandchild, Mackenzie Beverly Miller; and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, and two granddaughters, Heather Marie and Sara Ann Gales.

Beverly Anne was born on Jan. 23, 1939, in Waterloo, the daughter of William and Mildred (Lawrence) Bolster. Though a lifelong learner, Beverly attended Maryville College in St. Louis, Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, and graduated from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, with honors and a bachelor’s degree in English. She married John “Jack” Raphael Gales on June 20, 1959, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waterloo. For over 20 years she was employed as a director of religious education with the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

Beverly was involved with the Prairiewoods Franciscan Spiritually Center and enjoyed reading and writing. She enjoyed attending the University of Iowa’s writing festival.

Memorials may be directed to Prairiewoods Franciscan Spiritually Center, 120 E. Boyson Road, Hiawatha, IA 52233.

“Then I can close my eyes and look at me going like rain; to another place, where I can still know of those I left behind, and wave.” Beverly B. Gales, 2004, U of I Summer Writing Festival.


 

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