Beatrice Arleen Ranieri

Beatrice Arleen Ranieri

April 9, 1924 – December 23, 2019

Beatrice Arleen Ranieri, age 95, of Bella Vista, Arkansas passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at a local skilled care center.  She was born April 9, 1924 in Galesville, Wisconsin the daughter of Ella Semb and Axel Gilbertson.

She was a homemaker and a dental office manager for many years.  She studied the bible, played the violin, attending church activities, painting both oil and watercolor, cooking, baking, and playing and listening to musical performances.  She had attended Business Administration School.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband who recently passed away May 15, 2019, Joseph Ranieri, whom she married May 26, 1946; and her brother; Stanley Gilbertson.Beatrice is survived by one son; Joel Andre Ranieri, of Bella Vista, Arkansas; two daughters, Jewell Arleen Ranieri, of Spokane Valley, Washington and Claire L. Ranieri, of Olathe, Kansas; one brother; Knute Gilbertson, and his wife Joanne, of Minnetonka, Minnesota; three grandsons, Brian, Erik and Gabriel Coffin; six great-grandchildren; one niece, Anne Fitzgerald; one nephew, Mark Gibertson; and some cousins.

VISITATION: Tuesday, December 31^st from 9am to 10am, at Morning Star Lutheran Church (331 S 85^th Ave.) followed by a CELEBRATION OF LIFE at 10am.  INTERMENT: with the love of her life Joseph C Ranieri, Tuesday, December 31^st, 1pm, Omaha National Cemetery.  Memorials are suggested to United Lutheran Church (100 Cooper Road, Bella Vista, Arkansas 72715 or http://www.unitedlutheranbv.org) if preferred instead of flowers.