Beulah Alberta Oster Obituary (1917

Beulah Alberta Oster, 103, a resident of the North Plains community, passed away on December 27, 2020 at her home. Beulah was born on March 12, 1917 at her parents farm near Haigler, NE. She was the oldest of six children born to Ernest and Pearl (Whomble) Brown. After attending the community grade school she went to St Francis KS High School until age 16 when she had to quit to help at home on the family farm. Beulah met her future husband, Pete Bell, at a local dance. They married on 12/07/1936 in Wray, CO and made their home on a farm near Haigler. Together they had three children, Jimmie, Teddy and Peggy. Beulah was widowed in 1958. She married a longtime friend in 1971, Ralph Oster of Haigler. Ralph passed away ten years later after a stroke. Beulah moved to OR in 1991 to be near her family. Beulah was a lifelong, avid reader. It was not uncommon for her to start a book and finish it in just two or three days. She loved gardening and had a vegetable garden as big as a lot. She also loved her flowers. Beulah was an excellent baker. She would make batches and batches of cookies to hand out to her family. She also had a favorite salad recipe she had gotten from her friend Vicky that came to be known as "Grandma's Vicky's salad." Beulah loved her family and always made sure to send everyone birthday and anniversary cards, which would amount to huge stacks of greeting cards each month. She enjoyed road trips to visit family and friends, and a special trip to Hawaii. In 2018, Beulah graduated high school at age 101, when she received her diploma from St. Francis High School. She was so proud to wear her cap and gown at her local graduation ceremony in North Plains. Beulah is preceded in death by her sons; Jimmie and Teddy, her parents, brothers; Eldon, Donnie and Dallas, and sisters; Dulcie and Dorothy. She is survived by her daughter Peggy Malloy of North Plains, brother in law Rodney White of Wray, CO, eleven grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, eight great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.