Goodwin, Alice "Bea" (1923-2014)

GOODWIN, LEVAKE, SORENSEN, MCGOWAN, SARGENT, KIEFER, VAN VACTOR, HARDERS, BAIRD, ROBINSON, SALMON, HALL, TURNER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 4/30/2014 at 14:40:04

Alice "Bea" Goodwin
February 18, 1923 - March 17, 2014

Storm Lake, Iowa

Alice "Bea" Goodwin, age 91, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died Monday, March 17, 2014, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.

A daughter of Thomas and Grace (Bryan) LeVake, Alice “Bea” was born on February 18, 1923, in Jackson Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Growing up, she attended school in Montezuma, graduating in 1941.

On June 14, 1944, Alice married Vernon George Goodwin in Montezuma, Iowa. They were blessed with five children: Mary Beth, Barbara, Rebecca, Roberta, and Vernon.

A member of the First United Methodist Church in Storm Lake, she served on the Communion Committee and helped with other activities as well. Active in her community, she kept busy by volunteering at the hospital, delivering Meals on Wheels, and serving with the Hospital Auxiliary.

Most of all, however, Bea loved spending time with her family and friends. She especially enjoyed attending her grandchildren’s events and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children: Mary Beth Sorensen, of Panora, Iowa, Barbara McGowan, of Carroll, Iowa, Roberta (Ron) Sargent, of Storm Lake, Iowa, and Vernon (Carolyn) Goodwin, of Sioux City, Iowa; her grandchildren: Jenny (Jamie) Bock; Nick (Alli) and Katie Goodwin; Jeff (Nicole) Harders; Angela (Mark) Kiefer; Jason Kiliper; Andy (Shauna), Jim (Christy), Mike, Pat (Kelly), and Paul McGowan; Mike (Traci), Rebecca, and Ron (Missy) Sargent; JJ (Tera) Sorensen; Tracy Taylor (Mike Witter); and Janelle (Jason) Van Vactor; thirty-seven great grandchildren; nine great-great grandchildren; and her sisters-in-law, Verna Baird, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Bea Goodwin, of Grinnell, Iowa; as well as extended family members and friends.

Bea was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon; her parents, Thomas and Grace; her daughter, Rebecca Harders; three sons-in-law: Jerry Sorensen, Jim McGowan, and Dan Harders; her brother, Thomas LeVake; her sister, Roberta Salmon Robinson; her brothers-in-law: Grady Salmon, Walter Hall, Lyle Goodwin, Roy Baird, and Vernon Turner; and her sisters-in-law: Lillian LeVake, Eva Hall, Arlene Goodwin, and Maxine Turner.

Visitation: 5:00-8:00 p.m., March 21, 2014, at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., March 22, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake.
Interment: March 22, 2014, at the Storm Lake Cemetery.

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