Geneva Mae Bequette

Geneva Mae (Duer) Bequette went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 11, 2025. She was born to Neva Pearl (Holder) Duer and Chester William Duer on February 5, 1937, in Confidence, Iowa. She had two sisters, Nancy and Patty, and two brothers, Bill and Tom. The family moved several times and settled on a farm near Melrose, Iowa. She attended Russell High School. Then she worked in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1962, she moved to California where she met Lindell and married on April 11, 1964.

When she was eleven, she accepted Christ as her Savior and was baptized on Easter Sunday at the age of twelve.

She has a stepdaughter, Christina Bequette (husband is Michael Kemp). She has two daughters, Cynthia Markle (Todd) and Bonnie Porter (Glen). She has two sons, Dennis (Pauline) Bequette and Thomas Ellion.

In January 1967, they bought a farm in Iowa across from her parents, raising cattle. She loved working alongside Lindell. She loved gardening, flowers and quilting. In 1972, they moved to Arkansas where Lindell sold real estate and trucking. She went with Lindell in the truck whenever possible.

She was active in the Baptist Church helping with Act Teens and Awana. She also hosted the girls in her home for church activities.

In 2000, they moved to Monahans, Texas. While living there, they loved traveling in their various trailers. While able to, she took care of the flower bed at Southside Baptist Church.

She moved to Ankeny, Iowa, in November 2024 to be close to her sister, Patty.

She is survived by her sister, Patty Duer, and sister-in-laws, Carol Duer and Sally Duer. She leaves granddaughters Casey DeBell (Tony) and Amanda Markle; and grandsons Jesse Bequette, Josh Markle (Chelsea) and Robert Ellion (Natashi); several great grandchildren-Finley, Hudson, and Bowie Markle; Alex, Owen, Emmett and Cooper Ellion; Dani DeBell, Jenah Bequette, and Taylor Bequette.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brothers Bill and Tom, her sister Nancy, her sons Dennis and Thomas.

In lieu of flowers, she would like donations to go the following: Community Baptist Church, Ankeny, Iowa; Cornerstone Baptist Church, Ankeny, Iowa; Faith Baptist Bible College, Ankeny, Iowa; Gideon Bibles or Southside Baptist Church, Monahans, Texas.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Harkey Funeral Home in Monahans, Texas.