Frank Melvin BEASLEY

BEASLEY, HACKBARTH, WEINER, CLEMENS, REDDING, BEELER, CLEMENS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/13/2007 at 12:10:39

Winterset Madisonian
September 11, 2002

Frank Melvin Beasley, 75, of Earlham died Sept. 3, 2002, of renal failure at Hospice Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Graveside services were held Thursday, Sept. 5, at Earlham Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Ray Martin officiating. Military rites were performed by Earlham American Legion Post 158, Masonic services were held Wednesday, Sept. 4, by Madison Lodge 568 AF & AM with Frank Coulter officiating.

Frank Beasley was born Oct. 12, 1926, to Frederick and Emma (Weiner) Beasley of Geneva. He was educated in the Geneva School system, graduating from Geneva High School in 1946. Prior to his high school graduation, he had served a tour of duty in the United States Navy during World War II. On Feb. 4, 1946, he married Rachael Hackbarth at the Morgan Methodist Church near Dows. Frank worked for Northwestern Bell in Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Dubuque and Earlham, retiring after 38 years as a supervisor. He also farmed during most of his lifetime. On Sept. 27, 1980, he married Rebecca Clemens in Geneva. He was a member of the Madison Masonic Lodge in Earlham, serving as treasurer and secretary. He also had been active in the Boy Scouts when his sons were young, serving as a leader.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca, of Earlham; three sons, Frederick M. Beasley (wife Linda) of Norfolk, Neb., Loren Beasley of Dubuque and John Clemens of Richmond, Va.; two daughters, Sarah Jo Redding (husband Bruce) of Dubuque and Jill Clemens Beeler (husband David) of Menlo; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were handled by Kuhn Funeral Homes of Dexter and Earlham.