Marian Joan Beaman, 83, of Dexter passed away September
5, 2013 at the Stuart Community Care Center from pneumonia. Visitation will be
held from 6-8 P.M. Monday, September 9th at the Johnson Family
Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday,
September 10th at the First Presbyterian Church in Dexter. Burial
will follow at the Dexter Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the
First Presbyterian Church of Dexter or the Stuart Community Care Center
Foundation, in care of Johnson Family Funeral Home, PO Box 246, Stuart, Iowa
50250. Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Marian was born June 20, 1930 in Dexter and lived in the
area most of her life. After graduating from Dexter High School she attended
AIB Business College and worked as a secretary in Des Moines. She was a life
long member of the Dexter Presbyterian Church.
She
married Harvey Beaman in 1950. Together, they farmed and raised four children.
After Harvey’s death in 1985, Marian worked several years as an Activity
Director of the Community Care Center in Stuart. In addition to her duties as
matriarch of a large family, Marian also had a business hand quilting for
others. In her lifetime, with thread and needle, she brought beauty to almost
500 quilts, an accomplishment that brought her great joy.
Marian loved to sing and had a beautiful alto voice.
She also loved to play bridge and was in several bridge groups throughout her
life. Her biggest legacy, and the one which she was most proud and brought her
the greatest joy, was her family. Wherever her children and later her
grandchildren were, she was there as well, offering a helpful hand or a loud
cheer.
She
was proceeded in death by her husband: Harvey Beaman.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her children: Bill
(Mary) Beaman, Dawn (Rick) Durham, Jacque (Frank) Johnson and Ben (Kandi)
Beaman; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister: Betty Wells;
sister-in-laws: Helen Neal, Doris Neal and Phyllis Beaman; and a host of other
family and friends that will miss her dearly
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