Beulah Ralph Kelley
December 19, 1921 - June 01, 2011
Sac City, IA
Memorial Service: 1:30 P.M. Monday, June 06, 2011 at First Christian Church, Sac City, IA
Interment: June 06, 2011 at Oakland Cemetery, Sac City, IA
Beulah Ralph Kelly, age 89, of Sac City, Iowa died on June 1st, 2011 at Loring Hospital in Sac City. Beulah, the daughter of Glenn and Mabel (Ellwanger) Peck, was born on December 19, 1921, in Lake View, Iowa. At an early age, she went to live with her Grandpa Sherman and Grandma Lydia Peck in Sac City. She attended school in Sac City, however; her senior year was spent in Lake View where she graduated with the class of 1940. Beulah continued her education at Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City. In 1941, in Indianola, Iowa, Beulah was united in marriage to Iris Ralph. This family included two sons: Michael and Jonathon.
Beulah worked as an aide at the Park View Care Center and Loring Hospital for several years before becoming co-owner of the Indian Village. Iris died in 1976 and she was united in marriage to Edwin Kelley in 1978 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.
Beulah was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sac City, the Baptist Women organization and the Eastern Star. She enjoyed collecting coins and doing needlepoint.
She is survived by her son, Jonathon Ralph, and Rick Tafe of East Patchague, NY; sister, Bonnie Raffels of Texas; sisters-in-law: Betty Peck of Germantown, WI and Rosie Kelley of Fort Dodge, IA; and nieces: Linda Whitecotton and Janet McGettich.
She was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; son: Michael; sister: Doris Larson; and brothers: Francis and Russell Peck.
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