Beardsley, Veris Lorraine

Veris Lorraine Beardsley, 86, of Anamosa, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Silvercrest of Anamosa Residential Living Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. The Rev. Mike Williams will officiate at the service. Friends may call starting at 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Wilcox Cemetery in Viola.

Surviving are two sons, Kim (Rebecca) Beardsley of Anamosa and Brad (Jan) Beardsley of Laura, Ill.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph (1963); a son, Kenneth (1997); a sister, Eris Buehneman; and two brothers, Norman and Carroll.

Veris Lorraine Buehneman was born Sept. 22, 1924, in Sigourney, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Hazel (Sadler) Buehneman. She attended the University of Iowa. On Oct. 13, 1945, Veris and Ralph Beardsley were united in marriage in Sigourney, Iowa. She worked at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City, and then taught country school in Cass Township in Jones County. She served as Anamosa City Clerk and later managed Hank's Hardware in Anamosa.

She later volunteered at Jackson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids for which she received the Governors Volunteer Award from Governor Vilsak in 2002. In her later years she provided child care from her home.

Veris was an avid painter of wildlife and landscapes. She attended First Congregational United Church of Christ in Anamosa. She was a member of the Women's Auxiliary in Anamosa. She was known as a woman fisherman, and enjoyed doing crosswords.

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