Lucille L. Beatty

Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Spangler Chapel Church, rural Muscatine. Visitation with Family: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at the New Hope United Methodist Church, Muscatine. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Muscatine. Memorials may be directed to Spangler Chapel Church. Arrangements have been entrusted into the care of Bentley Funeral Home, Wilton, Iowa. On line condolences may be directed to the family via www.bentleyfuneralhome.com. Lucille Lydia Schuessler was born in Muscatine, Iowa on December 30, 1914 to Frederick William and Catherine (Marolf) Schuessler. Lucille grew up in Bloomington Township, Muscatine County and attended Kalarama Country School. It was while she attended country school that she met her future husband, Carl Edmund Beatty. Lucille and Carl were married April 3, 1938 at her parent’s home. After their marriage, Lucille dedicated her time to keeping an orderly home. When children came along, Lucille took on the dual role of wife and mother. She spent countless hours canning, doing laundry, dressing chickens and selling eggs. She was also an excellent cook and always made sure a hot meal was prepared for her family at breakfast, dinner and supper. She was also an excellent baker making delicious pies, with perfect crusts; amazing cinnamon rolls and none of her family will ever forget her home made chocolate cake. She was a dedicated and loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Spangler Chapel Church where she was active in the UMW and the Church Ladies Bible Study. She was also a longtime member of the Bloomington Grange. Lucille died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Simpson Memorial Home. She was 96. Lucille is survived by her seven children, Carol (Royce) Lane of Laramie, WY; Janet (Jack) Wilson of Muscatine; Marvin (Karol) Beatty of Muscatine; Lois (Leo) Ochiltree of Wilton; Edie (Steve) Burnett of Atalissa; Robert Beatty of Muscatine; Paul (Karen) Beatty of Muscatine; 20 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her three sisters-in-law, LaVerne Beatty of Muscatine; Esther Hoag of Austin, MN and Gertrude Schuessler of Muscatine and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Carl on July 5, 2001; a daughter-in-law, Deb Beatty; her two brothers, Clarence and Raymond Schuessler; sister-in-law, Dorothy Schuessler; and brothers-in-law, Ernest Beatty and John Hoag.