Tolle, Beverly Jean (1933-2024)

TOLLE, DENT, FRIES, NEE, HILL, WILLIAMS, SEARS, BIRUS, PETERSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/27/2024 at 16:03:24

Name of deceased: Beverly Jean Tolle (nee Dent)

Aged: 91 yrs, 8 days

Residence: Hansen House Assisted Living, Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Born: June 29, 1933; Red Line, Polk Township of Shelby County, IA

Died: July 7, 2024; Hansen House Assisted Living, Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Tuesday, July 16, 2024; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Red Line Cemetery, rural Harlan, IA

Survived by: Children, Brian (spouse, Linda) Tolle of Ogden, IA, and Brenda (spouse, Kevin) Fries of Harlan, IA; sister-in-law, Roberta “Bobby” Nee of Avoca, IA; grandchildren, Jenifer (spouse, Keith) Hill of Council Bluffs, IA, Nathan (spouse, Ashley) Tolle of Omaha, NE, Heather (spouse, Brandon) Williams of Council Bluffs, IA, Lyndsey (spouse, Zach) Sears of Ankeny, IA, Kara (spouse, Nathan) Birus of Grimes, IA, Allen Fries of Harlan, IA, and Aimie Fries of Harlan, IA; great-grandchildren, Terrance, Abigail, Johnathan, Melissa, Amerah, Elliot; 1 great-great-grandchild, Macklin; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Dallas and Elma (nee Petersen) Dent; husband, Edward “Mike” Tolle; infant sister, Colleen; brother, Darrell

Education: Graduated from Harlan (IA) High School, Class of 1950

Religious affiliation: Was a life-long member of the Redline (IA) Church of Christ

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Edward “Mike” Tolle; 1953; location not provided

Employment: After her high school graduation Beverly worked as a nurse aide at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA; after her marriage, she worked as an aide at Bisgard Hospital, Harlan, IA until Mike completed his military service and returned home. She then became a “farmer’s wife” and worked side-by-side with her husband on their farm. After Mike passed in 1991, Beverly started working at Baptist Nursing Home (now Elm Crest Retirement Community) for 6 years before she retired.

Hobbies/Interests: Loved to fish with Mike; enjoyed traveling and took many trips to Minnesota and Canada. Once she retired and after Mike had passed, Beverly traveled some with her sisters-in-law, Bobby, Marjorie and Hazel; enjoyed gardening, putting puzzles together, playing games on the computer, bird-watching, and attending her grandchildren’s activities.

Sources: knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com