Emy Lorraine Beardsley

Emy Lorraine (Nordstrom) Beardsley, 88, passed from this life into eternity on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the Morningside Assisted Living facility in Cookeville, Tenn.

As per her wishes, she will be interred at the Chattanooga Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn., with her husband, Albert. A celebration of life service will be scheduled at a later time.

She was one of nine children born to John Albin and Nellie Matilda (Peterson) Nordstrom, both of Swedish heritage. She graduated from Bismarck High School in North Dakota in 1944. She married Albert Delbert Beardsley on March 19, 1946, in Glasgow. They made their home there for almost 30 years, where they operated Taylor-Smith Inc., a Jeep and Ford tractor dealership. They relocated to Olympia Wash., for the next 32 years before their final move to Cookeville in 2008.

She was a lifelong Lutheran, spending many years as the Sunday School administrator. Many children were able to experience the world of scouting through her and Albert’s leadership. She also devoted many hours as a loving caregiver to neighbors and friends in need.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Albert, in 2009, after 62 years together; two sisters, Rose Alton and Viola Kline; and three brothers, Robert Nordstrom, Henry Nordstrom and Norman Nordstrom.

Survivors include two sons, Albert Beardsley and his wife, Susan, of Byrdstown, Tenn., and Wayne Beardsley and his wife, Lynn of Kirkland, Wash.; one daughter, Barbara Crawford and her husband, Howard, of Columbia Falls, Mont.; four grandchildren, Rodney Beardsley, Chad Beardsley, Angela Beardsley and Jonathan Beardsley; two step-grandchildren, Steven Crawford and Brian Crawford; five great-grandchildren, Hunter Beardsley, Ryder Beardsley, Alan Beardsley, Elliot Beardsley and Gabby Beardsley; two sisters, Anna Mae Haas and Mary Weixel; and one brother, Gilbert Nordstrom and his wife, Evelyn.