Beatrice Pearl "Bea" Holloway, 78, of Dick Street, Niles, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007,in Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, following a brief illness.
Mrs. Holloway was born on March 5, 1929, in Buchanan, MI, to Otto and Mary (Simpson) Rauch. She had lived in the Niles area since 1962, coming from South Bend.
She retired in 1991 as the food service supervisor for the Niles Community Schools.
Beatrice was a member of Hope Community Church, Niles.
On August 30, 1946, in Rochester, IN, she married Richard Holloway Sr., who preceded her in death on May 8, 1997.
She is survived by a daughter, Diane (John) Meyer of Niles; sons, Richard (Jane) Holloway of Niles and Donald Holloway of Mishawaka; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Ralph Rauch of Sodus, MI; and sisters, Della Wilson of Newport, TN, and Christina Dillavou of Kerrville, TX.
Mrs. Holloway was also preceded in death by her siblings, Charles and Harris Cronin, Carl, Earnest and Albert Rauch, Mildred Frelich, Alene Parm, Gladys Fletcher and Juanita Norton.
Funeral services for Beatrice Pearl "Bea" Holloway will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug 20, in Hope Community Church, Niles, with Rev. Michael Smith officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
The family will receive relatives and friends beginning at 10 a.m. Monday in the church.
Contributions in memory of Beatrice Pearl Holloway may be made to Hope Community Church.