Genelee Beckley

by shon

Genelee Beckley, age 92, of Macon, MO, formerly of Clarence, MO, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO.

She was born November 5, 1922, in Leonard, MO, the daughter of Garrett and Nellie Thorp Kidwell. On January 4, 1942, she was united in marriage to Donald Beckley at Leonard, MO. He preceded her in death on January 29, 1997.

Genelee is survived by six children, Donna Larrick and husband John of Macon, MO, David Beckley of Memphis, MO, Jim Beckley and wife Pooch of Clarence, MO, Karen Forman of Kansas City, MO, Laura Loring and husband David of Columbia, MO and John Beckley and wife Deanna of Clarence, MO; twenty-three grandchildren, John Lee Larrick, Annette Mosley, Marla Fuller, Curt Beckley, Cheryl Beckley, Jennifer Crawford, Valerie Crawford, Mikayla Beckley, Mikenzie Beckley, Carol Mollick, Tassie Robertson, James Beckley, Jerry Beckley, Brandi Beckley, Jennifer Forman, Lynd Forman, Brian Forman, Sarah Andrews, Matthew Loring, Brittany Beckley, Casey Beckley, Darcy Beckley and Kelsey Beckley; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild, Emaline Arvidson and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don Beckley; three sisters, Florence Carney, Jane Rainey and Della Craggs and one brother, Earnest Lee Kidwell.

Genelee was a graduate of Leonard High School and a member of the Clarence Christian Church. She belonged to the Republican Party and Neighborly Neighbors Extension Club. Genelee loved cooking, especially for her family and other people, gardening, watching basketball and remembering the time she spent playing basketball in Valliers Hall in Leonard.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, May 8, 2015, at the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Clarence, MO, with burial to follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the Funeral Home in Clarence from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Memorials may be made to the Clarence VFW or Helping Hand of Clarence.