Mrs. Beane died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at Trinity Medical Center-West Campus, Rock Island. The former Loretta Reddick was born Oct. 3, 1932, in Iowa City, the daughter of Lindley N. and Rosella E. (Ponchaud) Reddick.
She graduated from Rock Island High School in 1950 and from the Moline Public Hospital School of Nursing in 1953. She married Dick Beane on April 27, 1956, in Rock Island. Lou had worked as a registered nurse at the former Moline Public Hospital for 34 years. She was head nurse of Fifth Floor North Cardiac Unit when she retired in 1987. She was licensed in Illinois, Iowa and Florida. She was a member of Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island; Moline Public Hospital Alumni; Rock Island Ladies of the Moose; Seminole Elks Lodge 2519, Seminole, Fla.; and Madera Beach American Legion Post Auxiliary, Madeira Beach, Fla. Loretta enjoyed being with family and friends, dancing, walking the Gulf beaches and going on cruises to the Caribbean.
Memorials may be made to Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island.
Survivors include her husband, Dick; sister, Kay Keller, Largo, Fla.; sister-in-law, Joan (Mrs. Donald) Young, Rock Island; adopted daughter, Pam Frankville, Moline; and many nieces, nephews and cousins in Iowa, Illinois and Florida.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Jennie St. Clair.
Mrs. Beane died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at Trinity Medical Center-West Campus, Rock Island. The former Loretta Reddick was born Oct. 3, 1932, in Iowa City, the daughter of Lindley N. and Rosella E. (Ponchaud) Reddick.
She graduated from Rock Island High School in 1950 and from the Moline Public Hospital School of Nursing in 1953. She married Dick Beane on April 27, 1956, in Rock Island. Lou had worked as a registered nurse at the former Moline Public Hospital for 34 years. She was head nurse of Fifth Floor North Cardiac Unit when she retired in 1987. She was licensed in Illinois, Iowa and Florida. She was a member of Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island; Moline Public Hospital Alumni; Rock Island Ladies of the Moose; Seminole Elks Lodge 2519, Seminole, Fla.; and Madera Beach American Legion Post Auxiliary, Madeira Beach, Fla. Loretta enjoyed being with family and friends, dancing, walking the Gulf beaches and going on cruises to the Caribbean.
Memorials may be made to Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island.
Survivors include her husband, Dick; sister, Kay Keller, Largo, Fla.; sister-in-law, Joan (Mrs. Donald) Young, Rock Island; adopted daughter, Pam Frankville, Moline; and many nieces, nephews and cousins in Iowa, Illinois and Florida.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Jennie St. Clair.
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