Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at the Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin. The Rev. Steve Poludniak will officiate. Cremation will follow the traditional service with final interment at the Mt. Repose Cemetery, Friendship, Wisconsin.

Visitation will be at Roseberry’s on Monday, June 6^th from 4 to 7 p.m.

Arlys was born April 12, 1921 in Dexter, Iowa to Albert R. and Laura M. (Patty) Cummins. She attended public schools in Tulsa, OK, Lincoln, NE, and Redfield, IA where she played basketball and was graduated from high school as the valedictorian of her class.

She attended Iowa State Teachers College where she graduated with a two year degree in elementary education in 1940. Arlys taught in the Marion County Public Schools and Janesville Iowa Public Schools. She then taught a private school for disabled children Bowie, MD and Bismarck, N.D.

Arlys married Herbert C. Beaver in 1940 and moved to the farm where they began farming. Sons Robert and Richard were born while Herb and Arlys were engaged in farming during the 1940’s.

Arlys was an active member of the Awana Club of Bowie, where she co-authored a program for teaching disabled children. This program was later adopted by the National Awana Clubs.

Arlys was a member of the Faith Baptist Churches of Wilmington, DE; Bowie, MD; and Adams, WI.

Arlys was preceded in death by her parents; husband; Son (Richard Lee Beaver); Daughter (Jean Louise Beaver); and Brother (Raymond Albert Cummins).

Memorials may be given in Arlys’s name to the Moundview Memorial Health Foundation or Faith Baptist Awana Club of Adams.