Bernice 'Bea' Angell

BERNICE 'BEA' ANGELL MUSCATINE, IOWA - Bernice C. 'Bea' Angell, 85, a resident of Sunnybrook of Muscatine, died Saturday, August 22, 2009 at Unity Hospital. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at the St. Mathias Church, 215 West Eighth Street. Casket bearers will be her nephews, Ted Blaesing, Joe Blaesing, Tracy Blaesing, Jim Cirivello, Don Bermel and Ed Bermel. A private burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, with a Rosary Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Muscatine Community College Foundation, Muscatine Humane Society, American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society. 'Bea' was born on August 22, 1924, in Muscatine, the daughter of Edward T. and Clara Fuhlman Blaesing. She married Francis Angell on April 24, 1946, in Muscatine. He preceded her in death on October 4, 1967. She graduated from St. Mary Grade School and St. Mary High School. She was the last surviving member of the St. Mary High School Class of 1942. She worked for Weitz Construction Company, Roach a...[more]

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Musser, Poole Transfer, Central State Bank and at the Clerk of Court's office in the Muscatine County Court House retiring in 1984. She and her husband owned and operated the Muscatine Maid-Rites until his death. She was a member of St. Mathias Church, Unity Hospital Auxiliary, Lady Elks, Muscatine Garden Club, and the Geneva Golf and Country Club. She was an avid bridge player, belonged to several bridge clubs, and very much enjoyed cooking. Bea is survived by her son, William F. 'Bill' Angell of Muscatine; two brothers, Gerald E. Blaesing and wife, Sylvia, of Muscatine, Arnold T. Blaesing and wife, Patsy, of Muscatine; three sisters, Marcella Cirivello of Rock Island, Illinois, Arline Bermel and husband, Paul, of Muscatine, and Rosemary Bermel and husband, Albert, of Muscatine; one sister-in-law, Norma Whitmore of Muscatine; one brother-in-law, Donald Angell and wife, Arlene, of Rockford, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.