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McDonald, Beatrice E.
Beatrice E. McDonald, 99, of Malcom, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. There will be a visitation one hour before her service.
Bea was born Oct. 19, 1913, the daughter of Willmer F. and Maud (Close) Clevenger in Ladora, Iowa. On Aug. 22, 1933, she was united in marriage to Elmer R. McDonald in Lancaster, Mo.
Bea is survived by her four daughters, Doris Coleman of Manvel, 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; and 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.
Memorials may be directed to the Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center or the Grinnell Church of Nazarene and sent in care of Smith Funeral Home.
Published March 17, 2013 in The Gazette
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