Berenice "Bea" O. Stanton
January 1, 2008
Berenice 'Bea' Stanton, age 96
of Fremont
died Tuesday, January 1, 2008
in Nye Pointe, Fremont
Berenice was born Nov. 12, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas to William and Maude 'Schuler' Walker. She grew up in Wichita, and graduated from high school there. Bea then worked in a drug store before her marriage.
On June 24, 1931, she was married in Wichita to Orville G. Stanton. They first lived in Wichita and Bea worked for a shoe store and sold Avon products. In 1945 the Stantons moved to Lincoln, NE and in 1948 they moved here to Fremont. Here, her husband was in a partnership that owned Nebraska Crib & Silo (which later became Stormor and then a part of Fuqua Industries). He had also been a partner with Paul Moser in Omaha Standard (truck body manufacturing in Council Bluffs). Orville and his brother Clarence had also owned the Peterson Machine & Supply in Fremont. Bea was active raising her daughter and son, and volunteering in the community.
Bea was a member of the First Christian Church where she was active in the Women's Fellowship and served as its treasurer. She was also involved in the church's Home Builders Club, and had served as the church's social chairman. She and her husband had been delegates to their church's conferences. including world church conferences in various locations in other countries. Bea had been a Red Cross volunteer in the local hospital. And she had actively assisted her husband when he served on the Fremont Housing Authority Board. The Stanton Tower on north Clarkson street is named for the Stantons. Bea was also a member of Arbor Vitae Chapter 92 Order of Eastern Star of Fremont.
Survivors: daughter - Shirley Farley of Fremont
son - Dale Stanton of Naples, Florida
6 grandchildren - Shawn and husband David Mintz of Florence, Mass.; Kathy Lynne and husband
Tim Creek of Bellevue, Wash.; Erin Facklam of Kansas City, MO.; Tameron
Sabie of Lake In The Hills, Ill.; Angela and husband Mark Johnson of Norman,
OK.; Ashley Stanton of Enid, Ok.
8 great grandchildren - Stanton & Amanda Facklam; Tucker, Trevor, & Trenton Creek; Natasha
Mintz; Haley & Kyle Sabie.
Bea's husband Orville, died on January 31, 1980.
The funeral service for Berenice will be 10 AM Saturday (Jan. 5th) in the First Christian Church with the Rev. Jan Harris officiating. The committal will follow in Memorial Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to her church. Visitation will be in the Ludvigsen Mortuary on Friday (Jan. 4th) from 2 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 PM.
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