Cleone K. Beardshear

Cleone Kay Wilson was born July 25, 1943, in Kingsley, IA where a mid-wife assisted in 

her birth. She was the daughter of Paul and Arlene Wilson, she was raised in Kingsley 

graduating from Kingsley High School in 1961. In 1964 she graduated as an LPN from 

Sioux City area technical school. After graduation as an LPN, she worked in retirement 

homes and hospitals for 35 years. She married Harvey Beardshear in 1964 at First 

Lutheran Church in Kingsley, IA. To this union three children were born, a daughter, 

Christine, two sons, Troy and Chad. After a lengthy illness Cleone and Harvey moved 

to Alabama to live with their son, Troy and his wife, Kim. 

Cleone enjoyed being enjoyed her grandchildren, collecting antiques, 

loved her animals and nature itself. She loved life and spent most of it in nursing 

caring for others. 

Survivors include her three children, Christine Beardshear, Troy (Kim) 

Bearshear and Chad (Kelly) Bearshear, 5 siblings, Jeannette Still, Colette (Kevin) 

Nebola, Duane (Denise) Wilson, Dale (Vickie) Wilson and Dean Wilson and 6 

grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She will be missed by her family and 

friends. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Arlene Wilson, husband, Harvey, 

sister, Pauline Mesenbrink and a grandson, Zachary Leffew.