Simons, Beulah E. Mrs. Lloyd 1919-2002

SIMONS, SIDWELL, NANNINGA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/6/2010 at 07:49:22

BEULAH E. SIMONS
IRETON, Iowa — Beulah E. Simons, 82, of Ireton died Friday, June 7, 2002, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden, Iowa.
Services will be 10:30 am. Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Ireton, with Rev. Dean Shelly officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Ireton. Visitation will begin at noon Monday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m, followed by visitation with the family at Porter Funeral Home in Ireton.
Beulah E. Simons was born Dec.30, 1919, in Ireton. the daughter of Warren and Madge. (Sidwell) Nanninga. She graduated from Ireton High School in 1937 and attended Western Union College in Le Mars, Iowa, studying education. She taught school in Le Mars and in rural schools in the Ireton area.
She married Lloyd Simons on Sept. 8, 1946, in Ireton. The couple owned and operated the family farm in Reading Township. They retired to Ireton in 1988. Lloyd died June 13, 2000. Beulah was a life long member of Ireton United Methodist Church, taught Sunday school, was active in church and community affairs, and was a past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star. She enjoyed crafts, travel and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include three sons and their wives, Loren and Carolyn of Ireton, Lynn and Andrea of Aubrey, Texas, and Duane and Jane of Sioux Falls, S.D.: seven grandchildren, Theresa, Cheryl and Mark of Ireton, Sara and Jana of Aubrey, Texas, and Brian and Scott of Sioux Falls; a brother and his wife, Wallace and Josephine Nanninga of Bellevue, Wash.; a sister and her husband, Marilyn and Richard Lloyd of Burlington, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews.
Source; Local newspapter after 6-7-2002