Beverly LaVon Helmick Titus 1941-2008

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Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/23/2016 at 21:29:51

A funeral service for 66 year old Beverly LaVon (Helmick) Titus of Graettinger will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the United Methodist Church in Graettinger. Burial is in the Valley View Cemetery, Graettinger. The family will greet friends two hours prior to the funeral service at the church on Thursday.

Beverly Titus was born September 8, 1941 in Estherville, Ia., the daughter of Floyd and Helen (Billings) Helmick. She spent all of her childhood in Estherville. On April 25th, 1959 she was united in marriage to Dale Titus in Jackson, MN.

Beverly and Dale moved to Estherville after their marriage and spent time in Wallingford and Osgood before settling on an acreage West of Graettinger in 1972. Beverly was a homemaker and volunteered for Upper Iowa Des Moines for several years. She enjoyed playing bingo no matter when or where. She was an avid collector of cows, particularly Holsteins. Most of all she loved spending time with family and friends especially her grandchildren.

On Monday March 31, 2008, Beverly passed away at Rosewood Care Center in Estherville, Ia.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Dale, of Graettinger; four daughters: Debbie Johnson (Steve) of Mankato, MN, Dawn Claypool (special friend Steve) of Estherville, IA, Denies Kroenck (Dan) of Laurens, IA, Deanna Doty (Rodney) of Estherville, IA; two sons: Darrell Titus (Chelsi) of Emmetsburg, IA and Darren Titus (Heather) of Graettinger, IA; two brothers Bob Helmick, (Deanna) of Estherville, IA and Bert Prentice of Nashville, TN; five sisters: Linda Pyawasit (Sonny) of Wisconsin, JoAnne Plumhoff (Tom) of Ceylon, MN, Carol Miller (Jim) of Estherville, IA, Velda Cole (Rick) of Graettinger, IA and Marilyn Street of Fort Dodge, IA; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother Bob Prentice; sister, Cindy Naig; granddaughter Nicole and a grandson Cory. (Graettinger Times, Graettinger, IA, April 9, 2008)