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The Life of BEVERLY JEAN AYEN

Beverly Jean Ayen, of Urbandale, Iowa, was carried by a special team of angels to the Lord''s presence on December 21, 2012 from Mercy Hospice, Johnston, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 27, at Urbandale Baptist Church, 6501 Aurora Avenue in Urbandale of which she was a member. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Beverly was born on August 25, 1949, in Fennimore, WI, daughter of Glenn and Helen (Lewis) Bartels. She graduated from Bloomington (WI) High School and received her Bachelor''s Degree from the UW-Platteville. She married James. E. Ayen on September 5, 1970 and they lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois before settling in Urbandale in 1988. Bev''s life will be celebrated for her caring spirit, joyful laughs, prayer life, her beautiful cake decorating, and most of all her love and care for her family. She will be missed but never forgotten in our hearts. Surviving are husband, Jim Ayen; her children, Kari (Scott) Severson of Owatonna, MN, Kimberly (Ken) Ewing of Garden City, MO, and Erik (Holly) Ayen of Des Moines; grandchildren, Tyler Severson, Kylea and Kaleb Ewing and Joshua and Benjamin Ayen; and her siblings, Lewis Bartels of Montgomery, AL, Judy (Wayne) Schollmeyer of Bellevue, IA, and sister-in-law, Cheryl (Hudson) Bartels. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Dennis Bartels, and sister-in-law Linda Bartels. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 26, at Iles Funeral Homes-Westover Chapel. Memorials may be given to Urbandale Baptist Church or to the family. Online condolences will be welcomed at www.IlesCares.com. Arrangements by Iles Funeral Homes ~ Westover Chapel.

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