Beatrice McGillivray

Beatrice “Posy” Jeanette (Haugen) McGillivray, 82, of Elk River passed away July 24, 2021.

Funeral services will be held August 12 at noon  at Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka. Visitation is one hour prior to services at the church.

Beatrice was born June 15, 1939 in Staples to Melvin and Ellen (Engdahl) Haugen. She married Jack W. McGillivray in 1961 in Staples.

She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Dawn (Dean) Sorenson of Elk River; one son, Lee McGillivray, Maple Grove; two granddaughters, Kristin (Tony) Brown and Madelyne Sorenson, Hopkins; two great-grandchildren, Kora and Ivan; two sisters, Beverly Trygstad, Lodi, WI and Myrtle (Ike) Floura, Bemidji; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Sherman and Arlene Swanson, Brainerd; special friends, Don and Kelly Walter, Anoka and their children, Rachel and Kyle who considered Bea as their mother/grandmother; many nieces and nephews and extended family and friends at Zion Lutheran Church, the couples’ church home for more than 55 plus years. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Delores Haugen and Mary Dalen; three brothers-in-law, Alan Dalen, Wayne Floura and Boyd Trygstad; one niece, Sandra Freer; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Archie and Viola McGillivray and step-father-in-law, Vern Smith.

Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church Foundation, Parkinson’s Foundation or University of Minnesota Anatomy Bequest Program (BQ01).

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