Beulah Bilderback Croft (1977)

CROFT, BILDERBACK, SANDHAM

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 1/27/2007 at 10:25:46

Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
December 1977

BEULAH B. CROFT

Beulah Belle Bilderback, daughter of Norris Bilderback and Fannie Sandham, was born October 17, 1894 and passed away December 19, 1977 at the age of 83, following a short illness at the Iowa Lutheran hospital in Des Moines.

Her early childhood and education was in Earlham. She was an accomplished pianist having received her musical education from Highland Park Conservatory at Des Moines.

In 1918 she was united in marriage to A. Ralph Croft, who passed away in March of 1959.

She was a devoted housewife, loved her music and nature. She was always interested in the welfare of her many relatives and friends. She became a member of Marguerite Rebekah Lodge of Earlham, at the age of 18 and continued her membership in Golden Star Rebekah Lodge #352 of Des Moines.

She is survived by a sister, Pauline Bilderback of Des Moines; a brother-in-law, Arthur M. Croft of Bricelyn, Minnesota and many cousins.

Services were held at Dunn's Funeral Home on Grand Avenue, December 22, 1977, with burial in the Earlham cemetery.
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Earlham Echo - December 23, 1977

The same obituary appeared in this newspaper.

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