BEU, Lois Elaine - b. May 3, 1925 - d. April 28, 2005

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Winfield Courier
Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Lois Elaine Beu, 79, of Winfield, formerly of Moline, passed away peacefully April 28, 2005, at her home in Cumbernauld Village.

Services were 2 p.m., May 2 at Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard.  Pastor Robin Haines and Lloyd G. Zimmerman officiated.  Private burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola.

Wanda Mills was the organist and played "Somewhere My Love."  Louise Morgan and Barbara Greenwood sang "In the Garden."

Casket bearers were Clarence Carter, Dale Clubine, Richard Moreno, Tom Patteson, Johnnie Wilson and Robert Wilson.

A memorial has been established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice.  Contributions may be left with the funeral home.

Lois was born May 3, 1925, in Grenola, to Stella Faye (Hunt) and Lloyd Emmett Stiles.  She grew to womanhood in the Grenola community and graduated from Grenola High School in 1942.

She met the love of her life, Cleo Beu, at the roller rink in Grenola.  They married April 17, 1943, in Tonopah, Nev.  While Cleo served in the Army Air Corps.  Lois worked as a courier for the B. F. Goodrich plant in Borger, Texas.  In 1946, Lois and Cleo bought a home in Moline and settled down to married life.

She was the founder of the Moline Furniture Store and nurtured the business for three years before Cleo left his job at the Mercantile to assist her.  The combined efforts made the store a success for many years.

Lois was a gracious and loving person.  Although she was a little shy, her smile was welcoming to everyone she met.  She and Cleo were always together, and her love and devotion to her husband were evident.

She is survived by her husband, Cleo Beu, Winfield; two nieces, Jean Richard, Fountain Hills, Ariz., and Louise Ulrich, GreenValley, Ariz.; a great-niece, Cheri Goff, Grenola; and a host of friends in Moline and the surrounding communities.