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Beulah Rae Upah
Beulah Rae Upah
Marshalltown
Beulah Rae Upah, 82, of Marshalltown and formerly of Tama, passed away November 6, 2022 at home at Bickford of Marshalltown under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A Memorial Visitation will be held Saturday, November 12, 2022 from 9:30-11 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with a Memorial Mass following at 11:00 AM at the church with Father Michael McAndrew as celebrant. Friends are welcome to join the family at the church Parish Center following the Mass for food and fellowship. Interment will be held at a future date at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Tama.
Survivors include her husband of sixty-four years, Paul of Marshalltown; her children, Becky Powell of Columbia, MO, Karen Swenson (Jerry Fuller) of Toledo and Pam (Dave) Rickertsen of Clinton; seven grandchildren, Andy Patterson of Charlotte, NC, Kellie (Bryan) Burger of Columbia, MO, Brittany Powell (Jake Bowan) of Columbia, MO, Erin Patterson (Jeff Lopshire) of Eldridge, Rochelle Childs (Alex Strehle) of Clinton, Cody Childs (Courtney Ubben) of Des Moines and Nina (Bryan) Anderson of Toledo; seven great-grandchildren, Brenden and Christopher Burger, Remington Bowman, Henry Lopshire, Braydan, Raena and Beckett Anderson; one sister, Dorothy Braaskma of Oskaloosa; one brother, LaVerne Tish of Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama-Toledo, is assisting the family with arrangements.
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