Beulah J. Howell

Beulah J. Howell, 76, of Winterset died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 25, 2013 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial to follow in the Montpelier Cemetery near Patterson. A visitation will be held 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, March 24 at Ochiltree’s with family present to receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Memorials may be directed to a fund which has been established in Beulah’s name. Beulah Jean Beedle was born March 31, 1936 in Winterset to John and Hazel (Beaman) Beedle. She grew up in Winterset and graduated from Winterset High School in 1954. Her marriage to Delbert Eli Howell took place on September 4, 1955 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winterset. Beulah would most want to be remembered as a devoted wife and homemaker helping to support her husband while raising her daughters. During her working career, she also was employed at Ben Franklin and Allgeyer Grocery in Winterset. She also worked for Look Magazine in Des Moines, Custom Printing in De Soto and Dial Finance which eventually became Wells Fargo in Des Moines where she retired from in the late 1980’s. She was a founding member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church where she was an active member of many years. She and her husband enjoyed tending to their acreage and she was a great cook and baker who made the best apple pies. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than any time spent with her family. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Connie (Jim) Ascione; Debbie (Tom) Zacharias both of Winterset; three grandchildren, Kristin (Joel) Knutson; Phillip (Stacy) Zacharias; Nicole (Dan) Boyken and six great grandchildren, Skyler and Jaxson Knutson; Eli, Ian, and Otto Zacharias and Ethan Boyken. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Delbert who died July 29, 1999; her sister, Mary Beard and her brother, Duane Beedle.