Graber, Beverly L. (1931-2019)

GRABER, SMITH, DICKISON, GRUSKIEWICH, LEBLANC, WIRTH, WILSON, KINCAID, MILLS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 9/30/2019 at 14:25:23

Beverly L. Graber
February 27, 1931 ~ July 30, 2019

Beverly L. Graber, 88, of Forest City, went home to be with The Lord, July 30, 2019. She died at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, August 5, 2019, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Chapel, 505 North Clark Street, Forest City, Iowa, with Pastor Doug Snyder officiating.

Beverly Lou Smith was born on February 27, 1931, in Peoria, Illinois, to Lloyd V. and Louise A. (Dickison) Smith. She attended schools in the Peoria-Chillicothe, Illinois, area and then graduated from Thompson High School. On June 5, 1949, she married Robert Graber. Subsequently, they had two children, Donald and Kimberly. Their marriage, however, ended in 2003.

Beverly raised her family on a farm west of Forest City. She enjoyed entertaining, reading, traveling, gardening, attending church, participating in a variety of Bible studies, teaching Bible and art classes, and reading extensively. Especially fond of painting and drawing, she liked visiting the MacNider Art Museum in Mason City. Nonetheless, she loved nothing more than spending time with her family and friends and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her two children, Donald (Connie) Graber, of Forest City, and Kimberly Wirth, of Vista, California; her grandchildren: Alexander (Victoria) and Ryan (Lisa) Graber, Ashley (Dustin) Gruskiewich, Jennifer LeBlanc, and Megan Wirth; nine great-grandchildren; and her siblings: Marilyn Wilson, Elaine Kincaid, and Pamela (Ray) Mills; as well as by many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation is scheduled at the funeral home on Sunday, August 4, 2019, from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. Burial will take place in Oakland Cemetery. A lunch will follow the burial at the First Baptist Church in Forest City. Memorials may be directed to the Beverly L. Graber fund in care of the family.

Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, Forest City, Iowa, 2019.

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