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Virginia Eleanor <I>Foreman</I> Bever

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Virginia Eleanor Foreman Bever

Birth
Gage County, Nebraska, USA
Death
13 Jun 2017 (aged 92)
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.267769, Longitude: -96.708105
Plot
Block 34 Lot 8
Memorial ID
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Virginia Eleanor (Foreman) Bever, 92

July 4, 1924 ~ June 13, 2017

Virginia was born on July 4, 1924 near Blue Springs, Nebraska to Walter and Frances (Irvin) Foreman.

The family moved in 1932 to a farm northeast of Beatrice, Nebraska. Virginia attended Mount Olive School and Beatrice High School, graduating in 1943.

She was employed at Central Electric and Gas Company from 1942 to 1951.

Virginia and Joseph "Joe" Bever were married September 16, 1951 at Centenary United Methodist Church in Beatrice. They were blessed with two children.

The Bevers farmed northeast of Beatrice until they retired in 1985 and moved to town.

Virginia was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church where she was active in the Asbury-Epworth Circle and the Keystone Supper Group. She was also a member of Padio Gardeners Extension Club. Virginia was a charter member of the Gage County Historical Society where she served on the Organizing Committee and Secretary. She was on the High School Reunion Committee Class of '43 and kept in contact with many of her former classmates.

Virginia and her husband Joe delivered Meals on Wheels for many years. She had a special love for her family and enjoyed time spent with her great grandchildren. Virginia also enjoyed playing cards, crafts, music and reading.

Virginia Eleanor (Foreman) Bever, 92 years of age, of Beatrice, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation.

Left with memories are children: James A. Bever; Wanda (Bob) Jones, all of Beatrice; grandchildren: Allison Giffin of Overland Park, Kansas; Ryan (Neisha) Happle of Beatrice; Brad (Kari) Jones of Hickman, Nebraska; Jamie (Ben) Heusman of Beatrice; Brian Bever of Iowa; great-grandchildren: Audrey Giffin, Alayna and Wyatt Happle, Jackson and Ryder Jones, Emily, Jasmine, Lilly and Tyson Heusman and Ethan Bever.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Joe on August 1, 2008; brothers, G. Robert Foreman, William A. Foreman; sister, Mary Helen Foreman; nephew, William R. Foreman; and niece, Norma Jean Miller.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Centenary United Methodist Church in Beatrice with Pastor Mark Schutt officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Home Cemetery in Beatrice. Closed casket visitation will be held from 9 AM to 8 PM Friday, June 16, 2017 at Harman-Wright Mortuary in Beatrice.

Harman-Wright Mortuary in service to the family.

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from obituary courtesy of Harman-Wright Mortuary in Beatrice, Nebraska; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer NJochum 50966401
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Virginia Eleanor (Foreman) Bever, 92

July 4, 1924 ~ June 13, 2017

Virginia was born on July 4, 1924 near Blue Springs, Nebraska to Walter and Frances (Irvin) Foreman.

The family moved in 1932 to a farm northeast of Beatrice, Nebraska. Virginia attended Mount Olive School and Beatrice High School, graduating in 1943.

She was employed at Central Electric and Gas Company from 1942 to 1951.

Virginia and Joseph "Joe" Bever were married September 16, 1951 at Centenary United Methodist Church in Beatrice. They were blessed with two children.

The Bevers farmed northeast of Beatrice until they retired in 1985 and moved to town.

Virginia was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church where she was active in the Asbury-Epworth Circle and the Keystone Supper Group. She was also a member of Padio Gardeners Extension Club. Virginia was a charter member of the Gage County Historical Society where she served on the Organizing Committee and Secretary. She was on the High School Reunion Committee Class of '43 and kept in contact with many of her former classmates.

Virginia and her husband Joe delivered Meals on Wheels for many years. She had a special love for her family and enjoyed time spent with her great grandchildren. Virginia also enjoyed playing cards, crafts, music and reading.

Virginia Eleanor (Foreman) Bever, 92 years of age, of Beatrice, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation.

Left with memories are children: James A. Bever; Wanda (Bob) Jones, all of Beatrice; grandchildren: Allison Giffin of Overland Park, Kansas; Ryan (Neisha) Happle of Beatrice; Brad (Kari) Jones of Hickman, Nebraska; Jamie (Ben) Heusman of Beatrice; Brian Bever of Iowa; great-grandchildren: Audrey Giffin, Alayna and Wyatt Happle, Jackson and Ryder Jones, Emily, Jasmine, Lilly and Tyson Heusman and Ethan Bever.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Joe on August 1, 2008; brothers, G. Robert Foreman, William A. Foreman; sister, Mary Helen Foreman; nephew, William R. Foreman; and niece, Norma Jean Miller.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Centenary United Methodist Church in Beatrice with Pastor Mark Schutt officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Home Cemetery in Beatrice. Closed casket visitation will be held from 9 AM to 8 PM Friday, June 16, 2017 at Harman-Wright Mortuary in Beatrice.

Harman-Wright Mortuary in service to the family.

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from obituary courtesy of Harman-Wright Mortuary in Beatrice, Nebraska; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer NJochum 50966401
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