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Beverly Joyce Ellsworth

Born: December 2, 1935
Passed: February 17, 2012
Funeral Home: Ralph J Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home - Muscatine, Iowa
Beverly Joyce Ellsworth MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Beverly Joyce Ellsworth, 76, a resident of All American Care Center, Muscatine, formally of Durant, died on Friday, February 17, 2012, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at the Bentley Funeral Home, Durant. The Rev. Nate Montover will officiate services. Casket bearers will be Kevin Ellsworth, David Brown, Joel Brown, Jesse Honts, Mike Honts, Jeffrey Honts and Terry Honts. Interment will be at the Durant Cemetery, Durant. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, February 20, 2012, at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Mercy Hospice, Iowa City or the Durant Ambulance. Joyce Ellsworth was born on December 2, 1935, in Davenport, the daughter of Dean and Dorothy Klahn Ellsworth. After moving from Muscatine with her parents, she grew up in Durant, where she attended school, worked in the restaurant and janitorial fields and was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. She loved the Iowa Hawkeyes, Durant Wildcats, her flowers and her cat, Pepsi. She was a friend to everyone she met. Survivors include her sister, Sharon Brown of Nichols; a...[more]

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other, Ed Ellsworth of Wilton; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother-in-law, Arlond Brown; and sister-in-law, Margaret Ellsworth.

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Ralph J Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home
Muscatine, Iowa 52761
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