Beckley, Mary C.

BECKLEY, GILBERT, LENSING, MCDEVITT, BRECHT, MILLER, DECKER

Posted By: carol (email)
Date: 7/24/2006 at 14:38:21

BELLEVUE — Mary C. Beckley, 74, of Bellevue, died Thursday at home.

Burial will be at Andrew Cemetery.

She was born Dec. 29, 1931, in Jackson Junction to George and Catherine Gilbert Lensing. She married Robert Beckley on Sept. 22, 1953.

She was a member of Andrew’s Rosary Society and and active member of the Silver and Gold Club, the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and Right to Life.

Survivors include her husband; 12 children, Carol (Eugene) McDevitt of Fairplay, Colo., DeWayne (Carla) Beckley of Maquoketa, Dee (Roger) Brecht of Cedar Rapids, Dona (Zenobia) Beckley of Englewood, Ohio, Sharon (Howie) Miller of Oxford Junction, Jerome (Joany) Beckley of LaMotte, John (Karla) Beckley of LaMotte, Phil (Jane) Beckley of Bellevue, Michelle (Bill) Decker of Dubuque, Doug Beckley of Tiffin, Dean (Michelle) Beckley of Waterford, Wis., and Carl Beckley of Iowa City; 25 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; four sisters; and two brothers;

A memorial fund has been established.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one brother-in-law.

Source: Clinton Herald; Clinton, Iowa
Death date: July 20, 2006