Beverly Joyce Wahl

Beverly Joyce Wahl, 85, of Lowell went to be with the Lord September 13th, 2019, at her home surrounded by her children. She was born May 30th, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Evelyn Bolson. Beverly was a woman who was always concerned about everyone else's happiness and welfare instead of her own. She and her husband Earl who passed in 2010 were married July 19th, 1952, and were married almost 58 years at his passing. She worked as a secretary and administrative assistant in her early career, and was administrative assistant to the engineers and programmers who developed the first air traffic control systems in the late 1960s and early 1970s at the Univac corporation in St. Paul, Minnesota. She and her husband and 3 children relocated to Northwest Arkansas in the fall of 1972 to be close to her parents who retired on Beaver Lake in 1971. She was then an office manager for an insurance agency in Springdale before becoming administrative assistant to the Director of the Community Development Block Grant Program for the City of Springdale prior to assuming the directors position. During her 25 years working for the city of Springdale she was responsible for the upgrading of both infrastructure and housing for both the elderly and low income citizens of Springdale and always fought for the needs of those less fortunate. After retirement from the city she and Earl both traveled the country visiting friends and wintering in Winter Haven Florida. After her husband's Earl's passing in 2010 she had open heart surgery and suffered a stroke but in her usual fashion recovered almost completely except for her speech, but that did not slow her down. She spent her subsequent years doing crafting to supply multiple flea market booths with her devoted daughter Kimberly and creating custom greeting cards for everyone she knew. She loved spending time with her great Grandchildren. She was a member of Hickory Creek Baptist Church and her family appreciates their caring support after her husbands passing and her subsequent illnesses. Survivors include her brother Roger Bolson and wife Ruth of Bloomington, Minnesota, brother Ronald Bolson and wife Fran of Stevensville, Michigan, and sister-in-law Harriett and husband Jerome of Alexandria, Minnesota, son Kevin and wife Lynne, daughter Kimberly and husband Brian, and son Michael and wife Dawn as well as three grandchildren Andrea, Tyler Casey and Darrin. Also step-grandchildren Channing, Madison, and Hayden and six great-grandchildren. Visitation will be at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale on Wednesday, September 18th, from 5-7 p.m. Funeral service to be held Thursday, September 19th, at Hickory Creek Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Family requests memorials in her honor to be sent to the American Heart Association or the Hickory Creek Baptist Church Building Fund.