Submitted by: Dan Rich

Alma Mae Beatty

Oct. 27, 1916 - Feb. 3, 1999

South Bend Tribune 2/6/1999

Alma Mae Beatty, 82 years old, of West Market Street, North Liberty, Ind., formerly of 22495 State Road 4, Lakeville, Ind., passed away at 12:25 p.m. on Feb., 3, 1999, at her home after a short illness. Mrs. Beatty was born on Oct. 27, 1916, in Tracy, Ind., to the late George E. and Hazel Marie (Johnson) Bluhm. She had lived in Lakeville the past 30 years, only recently moving to North Liberty to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by an infant son, Roger Eugene; and by two brothers, Richard E. and Elmer Lee Bluhm.

On July 29, 1939, in LaPorte County, Ind., she married Howard Sidney Beatty, who survives. Alma was a homemaker and the former owner/operator of the Lakeville Speed Queen Laundromat. She was a dispatcher for the Union-North Ambulance Service, and was honorary queen of the Lakeville Bicentennial Celebration in 1976. She was also a member of the North Liberty United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband of 59 years; a daughter and son-in-law, Darnell J. and W. Eugene Bailey of North Liberty; three step-grandchildren, Steven E. Bailey and Leslie J. (Jeffery) Petersen, both of Mishawaka, and Doreen A. (Mark) Wachenschwanz of Fort Wayne; a granddaughter-in-law, Gloria Corellano of Washington, D.C.; four great-grandchildren, Joseph P. Bailey and Samantha A. Petersen, both of Mishawaka, Lauren A. Bailey of Washington, D.C., and Brandon N. Wachenschwanz of Fort Wayne; one sister, Marie Hazel (Floyd) Landes of Rolling Prairie; mother-in-law, Ruth Beatty of Walkerton; two sisters-in-law, Isabel Albertsen of Walkerton and Billie Glasshagel of Valparaiso; and by a brother-in- law, Elmer D. Bailey, Jr., of Rolling Prairie.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the North Liberty United Methodist Church. Rev. Fred Stayton, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial and graveside services will follow in Porter Rae Cemetery in Potato Creek State Park, North Liberty. Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday at the Palmer Funeral Home, 314 S. Michigan Street, Lakeville, Ind., and may also call one hour prior to services at the church today. Memorial contributions in memory of Alma M. Beatty may be donated to the North Liberty United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 904, North Liberty, IN 46554; or to Marshall County Hospice, 112 S. Center Street, Suite C, Plymouth, IN 46563.