Shirley Marie Beeks

A memorial service will be held in her honor at a later date. She will be laid to rest in Davenport Memorial Park. Memorials may be made in Shirley’s name to St. James Lutheran Church, Bettendorf. Online condolences may be expressed at www.rungemortuary.com.

Shirley was born November 11, 1925, in Davenport, IA, to Curtis and Ella (Rissmen) Kile. She married Robert O. Beeks, Sr. on April 20, 1945. They went on to enjoy fifty years of marriage until his passing in 1995. She was a devoted wife and mother and spent her life caring for others.

Shirley enjoyed playing bingo and her weekly game of Skip-Bo on Sundays.

Those surviving to cherish her memory include her children, Rebecca (Roger) Cady, Coal Valley, IL, and Charles (Maryann) Beeks, Adkins, TX; daughter-in-law, Barb Beeks, Bettendorf; grandchildren, Derek (Stephanie Clark) Woodhouse, Coal Valley, IL, Mike (Jennifer) Cady, Rockford, IL, Samantha (Josh) Wiley, Milan, IL, Jonathon (Emily) Beeks and Lexy Beeks, Port Byron, IL, Erica (Jason) Estrada, San Antonio, TX, Nicolette Beeks, Houston, TX, Erik Beeks, Monticello, IA, and Simon Clavero, Adkins, TX; great-grandchildren, Emily (Devin) Bertrand, Annawan, IL, Adam DeYoung and Madelyn DeYoung, Davenport, IA, Michael Cady, Maegan Cady and Jonathon Cady, Rockford, IL, Lauren Woodhouse, Protland, OR, Sydney Woodhouse, Rock Island, IL, Lily Wiley, Milan, IL, and Scarlett Stacy and Brenna Charlton, Port Byron, IL; and great-great-grandchildren, Rylee Bertran and McKenzie Bertran, Annawan, IL.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son, Robert Beeks, Jr., grandson, Robert Dale Beeks, and great-grandson, Ryan Paul DeYoung and Alec Cady.