Obit: Beadles, Allen Deuane (1928 - 2011)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Beadles, Blando, Dohm, Geraty, Harshberger, Johnston, Larson, Mahoney, Medina, Roback, Wheeler, Wildenberg

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 4/30/2011

Beadles, Allen Deuane (9 FEB 1928 - 27 MAR 2011)

Allen Deuane Beadles, 83, of the Town of Jump River, passed away on March 27, 2011, at his home.

Allen was born on February 9, 1928, in Jump River, to the late Zenas A. and Edith May (Wheeler) Beadles. He was fifth in a family of 10. He attended Woodland Elementary school, five miles east of Jump River, and graduated from Hannibal High School in 1946. He then went to trade school in Minneapolis, MN and worked at the Honeywell Co. there for a few years.

On March 5, 1950, he was united in marriage to Louise Larson in Princeton, MN. A few years later, they purchased a farm and moved back to Jump River, where Deuane farmed and worked in the woods.

He spent his entire adult life doing community service for Jump River and Taylor County. He served on numerous boards, committees and organizations including the Gilman School Board, as supervisor and chairman for the Town of Jump River, and Taylor County Board of Supervisors. He also served on the Federated Insurance Board, Supplemental Financing Bank Board, the Jump River Electric Cooperative Board, Dairyland Electric Cooperative Board of Directors, and was the past president for the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative in Madison. He was on the Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Rural Housing Commission, and the CFC during its infancy and growth years in Washington D.C.

Allen also was a member the Miller Dam Lake Association, the Jump River Community Center, Jump River Lions, and Jump River Fire Department. He was one of those instrumental in starting the Jump River Fire Department and Gilman Ambulance. He also served on many committees and organizations through the years that are too numerous to mention. Allen loved his family and friends very much and was a friend to all and helped anyone in any way he could. In his spare time, he loved to go fishing and hunting.

Deuane is survived by his children Gary (Christine) Beadles of Jump River, Laurie (Senon) Medina of Houston, Texas, Bruce (Leah Blando) Beadles of Jump River, and Lynn (Bill) Dohm of Stetsonville; his former wife Louise Beadles; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; his brother Clarence Ray (Betty) Beadles of Minneapolis, Minn.; his sisters Edith Eileen Roback of Gilman, Elna Arleen Mahoney of Burlington, and Norma Jean Harshberger of Minneapolis, MN; his special friend Carol Wildenberg; and his sister-in-law Martha Johnston of Stoughton.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers Miniard Lee, Marvin Louis, Donald Thomas, and in infancy Harmon Leroy and Zenas Gerald.

A celebration of life was held on Saturday, April 2, at the Jump River Community Center with Pastor Luke Geraty officiating.

Interment of cremains followed in the Mount Nebo Cemetery in Jump River.