Margarete Beebe (Schmidt)
December 16, 1930 — December 15, 2011
Margarete “Margot” Beebe, 80, of Central City, died Thursday, December 15, 2011, at Willow Gardens Care Center following a long illness. No funeral services are planned. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center is in charge of arrangements.
She was born in Cologne, Germany on December 16, 1930 to Gerhard and Maria Schmidt. She later welcomed brother Anthony (deceased), another brother Gunther (presumed deceased) and a baby sister Anna Maria.
In 1956 Margot and her closest friend Margaret Schweir (deceased) together moved to Duluth, Minnesota, USA. In 1964, after extensive travel over the United States, she married Foch Louis Beebe in Denver, Colorado. She and Foch made their lifelong home in Central City, Iowa.
Margot is survived by her husband, Foch Beebe of Central City, Iowa; her daughter, Denise Beebe Stuart (Grant) of Marietta, Georgia; a granddaughter, Jessie Pearl Stuart and a grandson, Walter Eli Stuart both of Marietta, Georgia. Her sister, Anna Maria Krutsch of Cologne, Germany, also survives her.
Margot was a wonderful and caring wife and mother with a great sense of adventure and an independent and daring mind.
We as a family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to some dear friends. Thank you for everything to Mr. and Mrs. Max Bales of Central City and also Mrs. Judy Murray of Central City for being very special friends to Margot.
Please sign our online guestbook for Margot at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
She was born in Cologne, Germany on December 16, 1930 to Gerhard and Maria Schmidt. She later welcomed brother Anthony (deceased), another brother Gunther (presumed deceased) and a baby sister Anna Maria.
In 1956 Margot and her closest friend Margaret Schweir (deceased) together moved to Duluth, Minnesota, USA. In 1964, after extensive travel over the United States, she married Foch Louis Beebe in Denver, Colorado. She and Foch made their lifelong home in Central City, Iowa.
Margot is survived by her husband, Foch Beebe of Central City, Iowa; her daughter, Denise Beebe Stuart (Grant) of Marietta, Georgia; a granddaughter, Jessie Pearl Stuart and a grandson, Walter Eli Stuart both of Marietta, Georgia. Her sister, Anna Maria Krutsch of Cologne, Germany, also survives her.
Margot was a wonderful and caring wife and mother with a great sense of adventure and an independent and daring mind.
We as a family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to some dear friends. Thank you for everything to Mr. and Mrs. Max Bales of Central City and also Mrs. Judy Murray of Central City for being very special friends to Margot.
Please sign our online guestbook for Margot at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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