BEATRICE M. SLEETH

OTTUMWA.  BEATRICE M. SLEETH, age 91 of Ottumwa and former Davis County resident went home to be with Jesus and Dad August 14, 2006 at Hospice House in Ottumwa.  She was born November 24, 1914 in Davis County, Iowa to Everett and Inez Benge Stufflebeem.  She married Clarence L. Sleeth  July 2, 1932 in Lancaster, Missouri.  He preceded her in death January 17, 1995.  She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Davis County most of her life.  She was a member of the First Pentecostal Assembly of God in Ottumwa.

She is survived by a son Galen (Janice) Sleeth of Bloomfield;  3 daughters  Evelyn Anderson, Kay (Wilbur) Livingston and Karren (Ralph) Livingston all of Ottumwa;  12 grandchildren;  34 great grandchildren;  23 great great grandchildren;  a brother  Rev. E. J. Stufflebeem of Lake Placid, Florida and a sister Alma Lanferman of Bloomfield.

She was preceded in death by her parents;  husband;  2 grandsons Keith Pilcher and Larry Sleeth; 4 brothers  Milo and Wilbur Stufflebeem and 2 in infancy and a sister in infancy.