Bethene Aloise (Faulkner) MATTINGLY

MATTINGLY, FAULKNER, SCHWEPPE, BESSMAN, OKEEFE, DAHLGREN, HARRIS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/15/2014 at 13:02:56

September 28, 1925 --- January 12, 2014

CLARION, IA -- Bethene Aloise Mattingly, 88, of Clarion, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at the Manly Nursing and Rehab Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 608 Second Avenue North East in Clarion, with Father Nils Hernandez officiating. Burial will be at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home, 1801 Central Ave. East, in Clarion with a Rosary and Scriptural Wake service beginning at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday.

Bethene Aloise (Faulkner) Mattingly, the daughter of Floyd and Hazel (Schweppe) Faulkner, was born on Sept. 28, 1925, on the family farm near Vincent. Bethene graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1943 and completed the required course work to be a teacher. On June 28, 1947, Bethene was united in marriage to Bernard Mattingly at St. John’s Catholic Church in Clarion. They made their home in Clarion where they raised their family. Bethene taught country school for several years. She was a stay-at-home mom while she raised her family, and later worked at Tomke’s Drug Store, the Fashionette and the Corner Boutique. Bethene was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Clarion, where she was very active. She was a member of Catholic Daughters of America, Clarmond Country Club, T.T.T. and multiple card clubs.

Those left to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Kathryn (Gary) Bessman of Alden and Kelley (Tim) O’Keefe of Manly; four grandchildren, Megan, Molly, Kathleen and Conor O’Keefe of Manly; sister Dorothy Dahlgren of Algona; brothers Max (Marjorie) Faulkner of Osceola, Roger (Marilyn) Faulkner of Iowa Falls, and Lyle Faulkner of Webster City; sister-in-law Emily Harris of Clarion; along with numerous nieces and nephews. Bethene was preceded in death by her husband Bernard on Jan. 22, 2002; her parents, Floyd and Hazel Faulkner, her in-laws Daniel Owen and Nellie Mattingly; brothers-in-law Robert Harris and Lyle Dahlgren. Ewing Funeral Home, 1801 Central Ave. East, Clarion, Iowa.

January 15, 2014
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa