Beulah M. (Pearce) McDonald (2021)

DIBEL, EVERHART, GUTSCHENRITTER, MCDONALD, PEARCE

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 10/12/2024 at 18:27:09

Powers Funeral Home
Creston, Iowa
September 2021

Beulah M. McDonald

Beulah M. McDonald, 94, of Creston, died Sunday, September 5, 2021 at the Creston Specialty Care in Creston.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 11, 2021 at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 301 E. Townline Road in Creston. Pastor Tony Thurston will officiate. The Service will be live streamed found at powersfh.com under events.

Burial (family only) will be at the Moon Cemetery, south of Macksburg.

Visitation with family receiving friends will be from 9:30 to 10:30 at the First Christian Church.

Memorials may be directed to EveryStep Greater Regional Hospice Home or Creston Animal Rescue Effort.

Beulah Mae (Pearce) McDonald, daughter of Charles Pearce and Nellie (Dice) Pearce, was born on June 2, 1927 in Afton. She was educated in Creston and Afton schools, graduating from Afton High School.

On November 28, 1945, Beulah married J.R. McDonald in Afton. They first settled in the Afton area, then in Orient for a time. In 1963, they moved to Creston, where Beulah was a homemaker and a JC Penny Catalog Service Tech. Later, she worked with the Iowa Department of Transportation Driver License service office, retiring in 1985. Beulah was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Creston and the Lake Shore Golf and Country Club Ladies Card Club. She loved to play cards, dance to the old big band music, listen to Lawrence Welk, cook lots of great dishes (especially pies) and enjoyed family and friends. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Beulah is survived by a son, Kevin (Lynn) McDonald of Westminister, Colo. and daughter Janet (Danny) Gutschenritter of Creston; two sisters-in-law Ruby Dibel of Fontanelle and Donna McDonald of Diagonal; eight grandchildren: Lisa (Russ) Everhart, Britt McDonald, Devon (Regina) McDonald, Bryan, Nicole and Matthew McDonald and Cole (Cassie) Gutschenritter and Jake Gutschenritter; five great-grandchildren: Haven and Briley Everhart and Mia, Josie and Jameson McDonald.

Beulah was preceded in death by her parents, her husband J.R. McDonald, two sons, Roger & Dennis McDonald, a brother, Paul Pearce and a sister, Ardella Pearce.

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