Beulah Marie Luft, 95, of Hamilton, passed away at 3:35 PM Thursday afternoon
October 3, 2024, in Hamilton.
Beulah was born at home with her twin sister, Bernice, to Ray and Marie (Nagel)
Buckert in rural Sutter, Illinois. She attended Mt. Vernon one room schoolhouse down
the road from their home though the 8 th grade. She and Bernice started cleaning houses
as teenagers. She painted LP tanks for FS in Hancock County and tended bar for
Bernice for a few years in the 1970’s. Her favorite job was driving the van for the
Carthage Senior Center. She picked up seniors for meals and other activities. She
later attended the Hamiton Senior Center. She enjoyed BINGO and playing cards.
Beulah was a real people person. She loved country and western music and dancing.
She also enjoyed playing the slot machines and going to the casinos. She enjoyed
being outside gardening and mowing her yard.
On November 14, 1947, she married Clyde Luft. They met roller skating at Scotties
Roller Rink in Carthage. They lived on a farm east of West Point. Clyde preceded her
in death on October 20, 1979. She is survived by three sons, Merlin (Lita) Luft of
Hamilton, Steve (Kay) Luft of Olathe, KS, Carroll (Sheri) Luft of McVeightown, PA; two
daughters, Connie (Roger) MacDermott of Hamilton and Shelly (Brad) Rowland of
Sullivan, IL; ten grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; and four great great
grandchildren; and one brother, Carroll Buckert of Shafer, MN.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde; parents; two brothers, Paul and Leo
Buckert; five sisters, Mary Wells, Hazel Beeler, Blanche Slothouber, Bernice Clark and
Goldie Caley; and one sister-in-law, Suzanne Buckert.
Funeral services will be held at Printy Funeral Home in Hamilton at 11:00 AM Saturday,
October 12 th , 2024, with burial to follow in the West Point Cemetery, West Point, Illinois.
Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until time of services at 11:00 am at the funeral
home on Saturday. Memorials may be directed to the Hamilton Senior Center or Lee
County Hospice. Printy Funeral Home of Hamilton is in charge of arrangements.