Melvin Clare Beaver 1896-1975

BEAVER, REYNOLDS, BURKHOLDER, STONE, DEAN, SEELIGER, LEE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/21/2011 at 23:14:37

Melvin Beaver
Estherville – Funeral services for Melvin Clare Beaver, 79, of Estherville will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Henry Funeral Home in Estherville. Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery here.

Mr. Beaver died Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Holy Family Hospital in Estherville.

Born June 3, 1896 in Panther, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Beaver, Mr. Beaver received his education in Minburn schools. He moved to Estherville with his parents in 1915 and farmed from 1917 to 1968 when he retired.

He married Mabel yard at Spirit Lake on July 3, 1917. The couple continued to live on the farm following retirement.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Michael (Betty Jean) Reynolds, Estherville; one grandchild; six brothers, Myrl Beaver, McKinley Beaver and Howard Beaver all of Estherville, Charles Beaver, Fenton, Floyd Beaver, Spencer and Lloyd Beaver, Paramount, Calif.; and five sisters, Mrs. Marten (Katie) Burkholder and Mrs. Derley (Hazel) Stone, both of Fort Dodge, Mrs. Walter (Emma) Dean, Spirit Lake, Mrs. Cecil (Margaret) Seeliger, Spirit Lake; and Mrs. Dorothy Lee, Estherville.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and three infant daughters. (Estherville, IA, September 26, 1975)