White Funeral Home
1315 Main Street
Jesup, Iowa 50648

Jesup – Beverly H. King, 92 years old, of Independence, IA, and formerly of Jesup, IA, died Monday, February 22, 2021, at Prairie Hills Assisted Living in Independence.

Public visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday at the White Funeral Home, Jesup, IA.  Masks and social distancing will be required.  Private family services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 27, 2021, with burial at Cedar Crest Cemetery, Jesup.  Friends are welcome at the graveside following the service.  Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice or to the family c/o White Funeral Home, 1315 Main Street, Jesup, IA  50648.

Beverly Heleen King was born July 23, 1928, in Waterloo, IA, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt Crawford and Anita Mae (Cobb) Crawford.  She graduated from Jesup High School with the class of 1947.  On December 24, 1947, she was united in marriage to Ross Marion King at the First United Methodist Church in Jesup, IA.  Beverly worked in the office at Rath Packing in Waterloo, IA and later at the Jesup Community Schools lunchroom.  She had varied hobbies, including sketching, free hand oil painting, crocheting afghans, hats and blankets for her children and grandchildren, she belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary, Prayer Shawl ministry group, Al-Anon, and cooked for the Jesup Lions Club.  Her flower gardens were beautiful as were her house plants.

Beverly is survived by her children, Roschelle “Shelle” (Larry) Nabholz of Aurora, IA, Jaanna “Jan” (Bob) Gudenkauf, of Jesup, IA, Theodore “Ted” (Francie) King of Davenport, IA, John King of Marion, IA, Beverly “Bev” (Bob) Lane of Jesup, IA, Wendy Nelson of Scottsdale, AZ, Cara (Steve) Koski of Savage, MN; 25 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren and 4 great great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ross in 1991; one infant daughter, Vanese Heleen in 1952; and one sister, Joyce Doepke in 2019.

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