Beverly A. SHORT

1934 - 2009  (75 years)

• Name	Beverly A. SHORT  [2]
  	Webster City Freeman Journal, July 31, 2009 Beverly Chalfant, 75, of Webster City died Wednesday July 29, 2009, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, at Foster Chapel with Rev. Barb Christenson officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5-8 p.m. Friday and prior to the service on Saturday. Beverly Chalfant, daughter of Glenn and Berniece Christenson Short was born March 9, 1934, at Webster City. She attended several schools in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota and finished by earning a GED in Webster City. On August 29, 1952, she married Kenmore Gerber Chalfant Jr. at Moline, Ill. The couple resided at Moline, Webster City, Jewell, Radcliffe and Woolstock. Beverly enjoyed a variety of interesting jobs over her lifetime such as writing a social column, clerking in a hardware store, and waiting on the coffee guys. Her two great loves were sharing the responsibility of running a small engine repair shop with her husband and son, and working with kids in the Webster City school system. Mrs. Chalfant is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law Kenmore G and Doris Chalfant III of Carthage, MO; Douglas and Sue Chalfant of Glendale, AZ; Burnith Chalfant of Apache Junction, AZ; Lloyd and Cindy Chalfant of Urbandale; daughter and son-in-law Rene and Michael Carney of Glenwood; 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild; sister Joan Short Schnell and brothers Lonnie Short and Bill Short, all of Webster City; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a sister and a brother. Beverly's life revolved around her family and friends. She was active in Go-Karting with her husband, enjoyed taking care of animals and served as Cub Scout den mother. Beverly was baptized in the Methodist faith. [1]
  Birth	9 Mar 1934  [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Living with parents in Moline, Rock Island Co., Illinois   [2]
  Death	29 Jul 2009  [1]
  Burial	Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton Co., Iowa   [1]
  Person ID	I105395	Main Tree
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Glenn Logan SHORT,   b. 31 Dec 1915, Hamilton Co., Iowa d. 7 Nov 1987, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Bernice Mattie CHRISTENSON,   b. 28 Nov 1915, Webster City, Hamilton Co., Iowa d. 23 Aug 1993 (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1 Mar 1934	Webster City, Hamilton Co., Iowa   [3]
  Family ID	F44311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kenmore G. CHALFANT, Jr.,   b. 28 Apr 1934   d. 26 Feb 2005 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F44312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton Co., Iowa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Kenmore G. Chalfant Jr. and Beverly A. Short headstone Kenmore G. Calfant, Jr. and his wife Beverly A., daughter of Glenn Short and Bernice M. Christenson, are buried in the Graceland Cemetery in Webster City, Hamilton Co., Iowa. Maintained by: Pastor Rachelle R. Wells Bobenmoyer Originally created by: Cathy Dayton Photo added by: Michael

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S13654] 1940 Census Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. [S8272] Ancestry.com: Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records 1880-1937.