Beulah Marie Luthe of Austin, 95 years, 7 months, 22 days, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home in Austin, Minnesota.

Beulah was born May 21, 1920, in Lansing, Minnesota, to Oliver P. and Katherine B. (Rector) Quam. She attended school in Lansing. On Aug. 7, 1937, Beulah was united in marriage to Albert Luthe in Austin at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church parsonage. The couple raised their family in Lansing. Beulah enjoyed being a homemaker and raising her children. After the kids were in school, she took a job as a cook at Lansing Public and Austin Public Schools. Beulah and Albert moved to Brownsdale in 1979, and then to Pickett Place in 1982, where they were the first tenants. Traveling, playing cards, taking casino outings and embroidery were among Beulah’s favorite pastimes. She especially loved to be with family and friends, and loved to drive her van, giving many rides to friends.

Survivors include her children: Kathryn Paine of Austin, Patricia Bailey of Lansing, Barbara (Paul) Miller of Albert Lea, Robert (Rita) Luthe of Brownsdale, Sandra (Earl) Davis of Austin; daughter-in-law Delaine Luthe of Lansing; and son-in-law Wesley Grant of Holmen, Wisconsin; 24 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; 26 great-great-grandchildren; and many precious nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Oliver and Katherine Quam; her husband Albert Luthe; two sons: Raymond and Richard; one daughter Debra Grant; two sons-in-law: Harold Paine and Clifford Bailey; two sisters: Marian Stoneback and Dorothy Sale; one brother at birth; three grandchildren: Jeff Luthe, Sheryl (Miller) Rhodes, and Bradley Paine.

Beulah will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her, and with Beulah’s passing, we say goodbye to her generation.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at First United Methodist Church in Austin with Pastor Dennis Tamke and Chaplain Elizabeth Endicott officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Lansing Cemetery at a later date. Memorials can be directed to the Luthe family or First United Methodist Church. Services prearranged and performed by Worlein Funeral Home of Austin. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein.com.