Colleen Arlene Beall, 96

Colleen Arlene Beall

1926 - 2023

Colleen Arlene Beall, 96, died May 31, 2023 at the Keokuk County Hospital and

Clinics in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 13, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska to Ivan

and Ella (Uhe) Moore. She graduated from Webster High School. On March 6,

1946, she married Franklin “Buck” Beall in Kirksville, Missouri. She received her

nursing degree from Indian Hills Community College. Colleen worked as an ICU

nurse in Ottumwa Regional Hospital and later worked at the Keokuk County

Hospital until her retirement. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren

and great grandchildren. Colleen loved to cook and bake. She always made it a

point to make sure people were fed when they came for a visit.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Sigourney, Sigourney

Presbyterian Women, and a lifetime member of the Keokuk County Health Center

Auxiliary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Franklin “Buck” Beall on

September 17, 2009, and sister Delores Cook.

Those left to mourn her passing are daughter Cindy Den Hartog of Sigourney, two

grandchildren Kevin (Wendy) Dyson of Albia, Wendy (Lyall) Stuhr of Ottumwa, five

great-grandchildren Brandon, Alex and Megan Stuhr, Katie (Ryan) Iverson and

Tyler Dyson, several nieces and nephews including Linda and husband Chuck

Kahler of White Heath Illinois, Dottie Morrow of Sigourney, and Victor and wife

Kathy Cook of Bartlesville Oklahoma.