Michele Ann Beall, 54, of Bellevue, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at her home after an being diagnosed with liver cancer earlier this year.
Michele was born March 21, 1955, in Jerome, Idaho. She attended elementary and high schools in Hailey. She married Jerry Beall on Nov. 24, 1985, in Reno, Nev.
Michele lived most of her life in Hailey and all of her life in Idaho. She was a loving mother, wife, sister and a good friend to all who knew her. She will be missed so much.
Michele opened a daycare center in her home in 2002. Then, in 2005, her daughter Amber came to work with her mom. They have had a very good business for all these years, and Amber has taken over the entire business herself since her mother's illness. Michele had previously worked for the Ethel Kennedy family in Sun Valley, and served as head school lunch cook from 1984 until 1989.
She loved to go camping with her family and enjoyed the Chapin family reunion very much.
Surviving family members include her husband, Jerry, of Bellevue; her daughter Amber Beall (Levi Morton) and granddaughter Teagen, of Twin Falls; her two sons, Douglas Beall and Mike (Ada) Beall, both of Bellevue; her mother, Pauline Eldredge, of Kimberly; her sister Ruth (Thomas) Mattix and nephew Sean, of Spokane, Wash.; two brothers, A. Brent (Katie) Eldredge, of Carey, and Barry D (Veronica) Eldredge, of Coos Bay, Ore.; and many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Her father Omar Eldredge and brother Kevin D. Eldredge both preceded her in death.
Friends can call at the Wood River Chapel in Hailey from 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, June 19, at the Wood River Chapel. Interment of the ashes will follow at Bellevue Cemetery. The obituary and guest book are available at www.woodriverchapel.com.
