Beverly A. Beaver 1929 - 2009

BEAVER, TAYLOR, DESY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 7/22/2020 at 20:32:58

Sioux City Journal
6 March 2009

SIOUX CITY -- Beverly A. Beaver, 79, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital with family by her side.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Riverside Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Craig Collison officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4:30 p.m. today, with the family present at 5:30 p.m. and a vigil service at 7 p.m., at Mohr Funeral Home, 1000 W. 29th Street, Suite 110 in South Sioux City. Condolences may be sent online to www.mohrfuneralhome.com.

Beverly was born Aug. 24, 1929, in Sioux City, the daughter of Lawrence and Laura (Taylor) Desy. She grew up in the Sioux City area, graduating from Cathedral High School in 1948. She then attended Briar Cliff College.

After college, she married William O. Beaver. The couple moved to Jefferson, S.D., where they farmed. In 1972, they moved back to Sioux City, where they continued to raise 13 children. She worked at Zenith and Donnelly Marketing. She also was a caregiver for her grandson, Christopher. William passed away in 1987.

Survivors include her children, Jerry (Kathy) Beaver of Sioux City, William (Marcella) Beaver Jr. of Arizona, Patrick (Lynette) Beaver of Arizona, Lynn (Mike) McFarland of Sioux City, Barbara Beaver (Steve McPeek) of Bronson, Iowa, Raymond (Charmaine) Beaver of Sioux City, Tammy Solomon of Sioux City, Sheryl (Bill) Oehlerking of Hornick, Iowa, Sheila (Richard) Oligmueller of Dakota City, David Beaver of Sioux City and Nancy Beaver of Sioux City; grandchildren, Eric and Christopher Beaver, Danny Beaver, Jean Metivier, Jennifer, Jerrod and Justin Beaver, Aaron Newton, Michele Evans, George McFarland, Maranda and Mallory Beaver, Rick, Stephanie and Jennifer Oligmueller, Megan, Nicholas, Alyssa and Matthew Beaver, Jarrod and Jacob Solomon, Zackery and Adam Beaver, Breanna, Lloyd, Brice, Kiera and Amari Beaver; sisters, Louise (Charles) Cowden and Jean (Larry) Schuetz; a brother-in-law, Ronald Schuetz; a daughter-in-law, Candy Beaver; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Beaver; her parents, Lawrence and Laura Desy; a daughter, Mary Newton; a sister, Virginia "Ginger" Schuetz; and two grandchildren, Tracy Beaver and Tony Evans.