Gallatin, Beverly Jean Tegland (1946-2019)

GALLATIN, TEGLAND, HANSON, FLEMING, SHOEMAKER, EVANS, ROTH, HILL, UNDERBERG, DANIELSON, GLANTZ

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 12/12/2020 at 10:52:02

South Hamilton Record News, Jewell, Iowa
February 13, 2019

Beverly Jean "Bev" Gallatin, 72, of Mahomet, Illinois; formerly of Peoria, Illinois and Waterloo, Iowa, died on Monday February 4, 2019 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, following a brief illness.

Bev was born on November 20, 1946 in Story City, Iowa, the daughter of Emery Jennings and Betty Jane Hanson Tegland.

She graduated from South Hamilton High School in 1965, received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 1969 and her Master's in Education from Illinois State University in 2000. She worked as an ICU Nurse and Cardiac Education Nurse at St. Francis and Proctor Hospitals in Peoria. She was a Diabetic Education Nurse at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo and finished her career teaching Nursing at Hawkeye Community College.

Bev met Howard P. Gallatin while they were both studying at the University of Iowa and they were married June 8, 1968 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ellsworth, Iowa.

Bev was a member of and sang in the choir at Salem Lutheran Church in Peoria and Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She enjoyed participating in 4-H as a young girl. As a farm girl at heart, she never minded getting her hands dirty. She was a lifelong learner and enjoyed participating in Bible study groups. She was always organized and always maintained a positive outlook. Bev enjoyed running and loved to be on the water.

She is survived by her husband, Howard of Mahomet; two daughters, Rebecca Fleming and her husband Paul of Media, Pennsylvania, and Deborah Shoemaker and her husband Matthew of Mahomet; and her granddaughter, Emery Shoemaker of Mahomet. She is also survived by a sister, Marjorie (Gary) Evans-Roth of Fairfield, Iowa; and two step sisters, Mary (Paul) Hill and Sandy (John) Underberg.

She is preceded in death by her parents; step mother, Arlie; a brother, Bruce Tegland; a step brother, Edward Danielson; and a step sister Orene Glantz.

Services 11:00 AM, February 18, 2019 at Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7401 University Ave, Cedar Falls, Iowa, with burial at 2:30 PM in Homewood Cemetery, Ellsworth, Iowa; visitation 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, February 17, 2019 at Locke Funeral Home, 1519 West 4th St., Waterloo, Iowa (319) 233-6138 and for an hour before funeral services at the church; memorials to the American Cancer Society, Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church, or a charity of donor's choice. Condolences may be left at www.LockeFuneralHome.com