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Beverly D. Paulsen, 79

Arlington native, Beverly D. Paulsen, 79, died Sunday, March 23, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa.

Beverly Darlene Osterman was born Nov. 29, 1928, in Arlington to Harry and Euphemia (Wulf) Osterman.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27 at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa. Interment will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Arlington Cemetery.

She was baptized June 17, 1929, and confirmed at the Arlington Community Church in Arlington. She attended Arlington Public Schools, graduating from the Arlington High School with the Class of 1946. She attended Midland Community College in Fremont, then graduated from Wayne State Teachers College in Wayne in 1948. She taught fifth grade music at the Arlington Public Schools. She enjoyed playing the piano for the church and all the school musicals, then also gave piano lessons.

On October 19, 1948, she married Richard P. Paulsen in Papillion. They lived in Riverton, Iowa; Sidney, Iowa; and Griswold, Iowa; before moving to Audubon in 1969. During this time, Mrs. Paulsen accompanied the students in each town for musicals, and band and choral contests. She also taught piano lessons in each community where she lived.

Her husband died in December 1988. Mrs. Paulsen lived in Audubon until 1991 when she moved to Fremont for a short time, then moved to Carroll, Iowa, in 1994. In 2003, she moved to Okoboji, Iowa, where she lived until she became a resident of the Friend-ship Home in Audubon in 2005.

Mrs. Paulsen was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Audubon. She was active in P.E.O. in each community they lived. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary in Arlington.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Alica and Jim Allen of Lakeside, Ariz.; daughter-in-law, Cassie Paulsen of Rockford, Ill; four grandchildren; godchild and daughter; one great-granddaughter; one “special grandchild”; sisters-in-law, Mary Osterman of McCook, and Beverly Osterman of Fremont; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Mark Paulsen; and her brothers Roscoe Osterman and Hardy Osterman.

Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon is in charge of arrangements.