McDonald, Beatrice E. 1913-2013

MCDONALD, CLOSE, CLEVENGER, COLEMAN, KIBBEE, SMITH, DIETRICH, JOHNSON

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 8/28/2014 at 09:12:49

The Poweshiek County CR
March 20, 2013

BEATRICE E. MCDONALD, 99

Beatrice E. McDonald, 99, of Malcom, died on Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A funeral service was held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell.

Memorials may be directed to the Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center or the Grinnell Church of Nazarene and sent in care of the Smith Funeral Home.

Bea was born on Oct. 19, 1913, the daughter of Willmer F. and Maud Close Clevenger in Ladora. She attended and graduated from Ladora High School.

On Aug. 22, 1933, she was united in marriage to Elmer R. McDonald in Lancaster, Mo. They moved to Grinnell in 1938. Bea was employed by the Grinnell Shoe Factory for 22 years, until its closure in 1964. She moved to Malcom in 1967, where she resided until moving to Montezuma in December 2010.

Bea was a member of the Church of Nazarene for over 60 years. She was the treasurer of the church for several years. Bea took great pride in her family and her faith.

Bea is survived by her four daughters, Doris Coleman of Marvel, Texas, Frances Kibbee of Montezuma, Darlene McDonald of Kearns, Utah, and Sherilee Smith of Malcom; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great great grandchildren; two sisters, Frances (Donald) Dietrich of Marengo and Dorothy Johnson of Urbandale.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Elmer, in 1966; a grandson in 1975 and a great-grandson in 1987.