Beulah J. “Bea” McCollum

bmccollumRussell – Beulah J. “Bea” McCollum, 91, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at Country Manor Nursing Home in Carthage.

Calling hours are Sunday, March 6th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm with a funeral service to follow at 3:00 pm at the Green Funeral Home, Gouverneur with Judy Sibley, lay minister officiating and burial will be private at White Chapel Memory Gardens in Dewitt.

Beulah was born in Russell on November 7, 1924, the daughter of Samuel and Mable Bowhall Hale.

She attended Knox Memorial High in Russell and married George McCollum on May 31, 1951 in Florida. Mr. McCollum, a retired employee of Oberdorfer Foundry in Dewitt, passed away August 23, 2001.

Bea worked at various businesses including the Sugar Bowl in Canton, Lederle Labs in Pearl River, MK Candles and Key Bank in Syracuse. She enjoyed visits to Turning Stone Casino and liked to travel.

Bea is survived by her two sons Stephen McCollum and his wife Rose of Billings, Montana, Stewart McCollum and his wife Mary Farley of Gouverneur, her grandchildren Stephen, Kyanne, Alexandra, Samantha, Daniel, and James, and several grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother Lyle Hale of Russell, several nieces and nephews. Bea is predeceased by her husband George, her parents, her daughter Sandra McCollum, a granddaughter Kelly McCollum, brothers Samuel “Emerson”, Herbert, Boyd, Wayne, and Charles Hale, sisters Audelia Burnett, Ella Bradley, Christine LaPlante, Ruth Chase, and Lila Westphal.

Memorial donations in Bea’s memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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