Mattie F. Beattie

Mattie “Army” F. Beattie, age 93, of Sumner died Tuesday morning, January 14, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday, January 17, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Church in Sumner with Pastor Ken Hutson officiating. Graveside services and burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon at the Ft. McPherson National Cemetery with military rites by the North Platte Veteran Military Honors group. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home and one hour prior to services Friday morning at the church in Sumner. Memorials are planned to the United Church of Sumner, the Roger Williams Fellowship or to the family to be designated later. A message of condolence, tribute or memory can be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Mattie was born March 30, 1920 in Ariton, Alabama to Hughie and Martha (Paul) Armstrong. She attended school in Ariton and was a 1938 graduate of Ariton High School. After high school she took nurses training and received her RN degree in Birmingham, Alabama. She entered the service on August 1, 1942 and served overseas in the U.S. Army Nurses Corps until she was discharged on December 26, 1945. She was married to J. Gerald Beattie on May 19, 1945 in London, England. Following their discharge from the Army, they moved to Curtis, Nebraska until 1947 when they moved to the family farm in Sumner. Mattie was baptized in the Southern Baptist Church and was a member of the United Church of Sumner. Mattie was employed as a nurse at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney for over 30 years until she retired in 1987. She recently was presented the “Honorary Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses” given in appreciation of the meaningful difference she made in the lives of the many patients and families that she cared for at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Surviving relatives include 2 sons; Jeff Beattie and his wife-Nanette of Sumner and George Beattie and his wife Billie of Lincoln; “Adopted Son” (exchange student)-Zeke Hayes and his wife Chelle of Kearney; 5 grandchildren-Derek, Chad and Bart Beattie and Brooke Davis and Chivonne Daum; and 15 great grandchildren. “Army” was preceded in death by her husband-J. Gerald Beattie on May 25, 2002, three brothers and four stepbrothers. PDF Printable Version

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Mattie F. Beattie

March 30, 1920 - January 14, 2014