Mrs. Lyndell L. Beardsley
Wichita, KS

Lyndell Laverne Beardsley, 90 years, passed away on June 21, 2015 at he
r home in Wichita, KS with her family surrounding her.

Lyndell was born July 9, 1924 in Ava, MO, the third child of Benjamin Wesley and Nora (Miller) Everett. She graduated from Ava High School. After high school she went to CA and worked in the shipyard during WWII. When the war ended she worked at a furniture factory. Then later she worked at the streetcar barn switching the cars and signing them.

On February 8, 1947 Lyndell and Harold Beardsley were united in marriage in Almeda, CA and to this union three children were born. They have been married for over 68 years!

She is the last one of 9 children, five girls and three boys to leave this earth. She gave her heart to the Lord at an early age and raised her family in church. She taught Sunday School, Bible School and was Secretary of the Ladies Aux. She will be greatly missed by her relatives and friends.


Lyndell is survived by her husband, Harold Beardsley, Wichita, KS, three children and their spouses, Kerry & Sandy Beardsley, Stockton, CA, Rhonda & Mike McGuire, Goddard, KS and Kirk Beardsley, Wichita, KS, 15 grandchildren; Doug, Angela, Marla, Scott, Cheryll, Michael, Cindy, Dennis, Danette, Brandon, Jenny, Ken, Melanie, Danielle and Joe, 19 great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Lyndell will be Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO with burial following in the Dyer Cemetery (U Hwy), Ava, MO. Visitation will be Friday from 9:00 a.m. to service time in the funeral home, Ava, MO. Officiating will be Pastor Michael Serrato. Memorials may be made to Dyer Cemetery.