Elaine Beukema
Elaine Sue Beukema, 35, Palm Harbor, Fla., formerly of the Edgerton area, died Tuesday, July 16, 2002, in Palm Harbor.
Services were Monday, July 22, at American Reformed Church in Luverne. The Rev. David Sikkema officiated. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Edgerton.
Elaine Beukema was born to John and Harriet (Koster) Beukema on Feb. 13, 1967, in Luverne. She was raised and attended public school in Edgerton, graduating as class salutatorian in 1985. She attended Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls, S.D., where she received a degree in business administration in 1986.
After graduation she worked for several financial institutions in Sioux Falls, such as Checkrite, Citibank, Sears and Western Bank. She then enrolled in the Denver Academy of Court Reporting, graduating in August 1997 with high honors. She worked as a court reporter for several firms, but most recently with Robert Dempster & Associates in Clearwater, Fla., where she had worked since December 1999. She was a Notary Public in Colorado, South Carolina and Florida.
Ms. Beukema was a member of The National Court Reporters Association. She was particularly fond of her three cats. She was an avid Star Trek fan and enjoyed doing counted cross-stitch and reading.
Survivors include two brothers, Myron (Jackie) Beukema, Edgerton, and Bruce (Lois) Beukema, Hayfield; one sister, Kathy (Verlyn) De Kam Luverne; 11 nieces and nephews; and four great-nieces and great-nephews.
Ms. Beukema was preceded in death by her parents.
Hartquist Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.