March 19, 2024

Beverly A. Smith

May 21, 2017

Beverly Ann Birkenholtz Smith, 71, of Baxter, formerly of Newton, died Sunday, May 21, 2017, surrounded by the love of her family at the Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.

Beverly’s funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 26 at the First Christian Church, 314 E. Second St. N. in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery in Baxter. Memorials in Beverly’s name (please make checks payable to Keith Smith) may be left at the funeral home or at the church on the morning of the service. Memorials may also be mailed to the Wallace Family Funeral Home, please add, Attn: Smith Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Keith of Baxter; sons, Scott (Barb) Smith of Des Moines and Randy (Stacie) Smith of Newton; four grandchildren, Cameron Smith of Newton, Brandon Smith of Ankeny, Amber Smith of Des Moines and Alexis Smith of Newton; her brother, Larry (Jone) Birkenholtz of Newton; her sister, Linda (Carl) Roose of Pleasant Hill; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents; parents; and grandson, Brenton Smith.