Beatrice Ann McLean
d. December 10, 2010
Beatrice Ann McLean
Mankato Mortuary
507-388-2202
Longtime Mankato resident, Beatrice Ann McLean, age 98, died December 10, 2010 at Laurels Edge in Mankato.
A Memorial Service will be held at Centenary United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011 with Rev. Dean Wolf and Rev. Pam Serdar officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at church. Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Centenary United Methodist Church, Hamline University Faculty Salaries, or an organization of the donor's choice.
Beatrice was born April 12, 1912 to Carl F. and Amy (Lace) Dilley on a farm in Dakota County, Minnesota. She graduated from Farmington High School in 1930 and from Hamline University in 1934. She was the editor of the newspapers of both schools. In 1936 she took library courses at the University of Minnesota. Later in life she took graduate courses in English Literature at Minnesota State University.
In 1935 she began to work for the National Emergency Relief Association in Meeker County, Minnesota, and later she taught high school English and girls' physical education in Grove City, Minnesota.
On June 26, 1937, she married Edward Donald McLean at the famous Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa. After her marriage she worked for the Minnesota State Employment Service and Montgomery Ward in St. Paul.
In 1939 she and her husband moved to Mankato where she became active in the Centenary United Methodist Church, American Association of University Women, Parent-Teacher Associations, and other community activities. She served on the Campfire Girls board and regional committee. During the 1950s and into the 1960s, she often submitted articles for The Free Press.
Among her interests were reading, travel, and physical fitness. She was a member of the Thursday Reading Club, and she belonged to the Great Books reading group for more than 40 years. She traveled in all 50 states, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. She was a charter member of the Golden Classic Water Exercise Class at the YMCA. She was a member of the Blue Earth County Historical Society.
She is survived by son, Edward Frederick McLean of Mankato; daughter, Marilyn Ann McLean Johnson and her husband Glenn of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; daughter-in-law, Leslie Breed McLean of Chicago, Illinois; grandchildren, Ann Porter McLean of Denver, Colorado; Robert Powell McLean of Chicago, Illinois; Edward Breed McLean of Chicago, Illinois; Katherine Taft McLean of Chicago, Illinois; Emily McLean Johnson of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Charles Johnson of Hillsborough, North Carolina; and Robert Johnson of Concord, North Carolina; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, and son, Robert David McLean.
507-388-2202
Longtime Mankato resident, Beatrice Ann McLean, age 98, died December 10, 2010 at Laurels Edge in Mankato.
A Memorial Service will be held at Centenary United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011 with Rev. Dean Wolf and Rev. Pam Serdar officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at church. Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Centenary United Methodist Church, Hamline University Faculty Salaries, or an organization of the donor's choice.
Beatrice was born April 12, 1912 to Carl F. and Amy (Lace) Dilley on a farm in Dakota County, Minnesota. She graduated from Farmington High School in 1930 and from Hamline University in 1934. She was the editor of the newspapers of both schools. In 1936 she took library courses at the University of Minnesota. Later in life she took graduate courses in English Literature at Minnesota State University.
In 1935 she began to work for the National Emergency Relief Association in Meeker County, Minnesota, and later she taught high school English and girls' physical education in Grove City, Minnesota.
On June 26, 1937, she married Edward Donald McLean at the famous Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa. After her marriage she worked for the Minnesota State Employment Service and Montgomery Ward in St. Paul.
In 1939 she and her husband moved to Mankato where she became active in the Centenary United Methodist Church, American Association of University Women, Parent-Teacher Associations, and other community activities. She served on the Campfire Girls board and regional committee. During the 1950s and into the 1960s, she often submitted articles for The Free Press.
Among her interests were reading, travel, and physical fitness. She was a member of the Thursday Reading Club, and she belonged to the Great Books reading group for more than 40 years. She traveled in all 50 states, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. She was a charter member of the Golden Classic Water Exercise Class at the YMCA. She was a member of the Blue Earth County Historical Society.
She is survived by son, Edward Frederick McLean of Mankato; daughter, Marilyn Ann McLean Johnson and her husband Glenn of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; daughter-in-law, Leslie Breed McLean of Chicago, Illinois; grandchildren, Ann Porter McLean of Denver, Colorado; Robert Powell McLean of Chicago, Illinois; Edward Breed McLean of Chicago, Illinois; Katherine Taft McLean of Chicago, Illinois; Emily McLean Johnson of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Charles Johnson of Hillsborough, North Carolina; and Robert Johnson of Concord, North Carolina; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, and son, Robert David McLean.
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