Beatrice Ann Candell, 67, of Eau Claire died August 23, 2009, at home surrounded by her family and under the care of Northwest Wisconsin Hospice. Bea was born July 9, 1942, in Ashland, WI to Donald and Marcella (Klingbiel) Bremmer. In her junior year of high school her family moved to Eau Claire and she graduated from Memorial High School in 1960. Bea worked for Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company for five years until her marriage to Michael J. Candell on August 29, 1964. She spent 24 years working for St. Patrick's Parish, Eau Claire Coordinated Catholic Schools and Catholic Schools of the Eau Claire Deanery before retiring on June 30, 2008. Bea enjoyed spending time in her yard pulling weeds and tending to her flowers. She enjoyed her grandchildren, who will miss "grandma's waffles". She liked to travel to Laughlin and she was a big Tony Stewart fan. Family was a big part of Bea's life as was reading, her work and her faith. Bea is survived by her husband of 45 years, Michael; daughter Lynn (Frans) Carlstrom of Osseo, WI; son Jeffrey of Eau Claire; and daughter Jennifer (Rodney) McCullum of Apple Valley, MN; grandchildren Caitlyn and Cody Carlstrom and Chelsea and R.J. McCullum; step-mother Ruth J. Lehman Bremmer of Eau Claire; brother Gary (Jane) Bremmer of Sussex, WI; brother Jan (Mindy Bauer) Bremmer of Eau Claire. She is further survived by mother-in-law Kathleen Candell; brothers-in-law Steve (Linda), Pat (Linda), Bill, Gerry (Pat), Tim (Beth) and Mark (Patty) Candell; sisters-in-law Kathy (Paul) Lecher, Jeanne (Gary Wendt) Candell, Peg Bremmer, Pat Candell, Jeneen Candell, Lynda Bremmer; and many nieces and nephews. Bea was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents; father-in-law, William Candell, and sister-in-law, Nancy Candell. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, August 28, 2009, at St. Patrick's Parish, Eau Claire, with Father William A. Dhein officiating. Private burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery. Family and friends are welcome from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, August 27, 2009, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. at Lenmark Gomsrud Linn Funeral Home in Eau Claire. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services Friday at the church. Memorials are preferred to Catholic Schools of the Eau Claire Deanery (C.A.S.E.), 2100 Fenwick Ave. (attn: Development Office), Eau Claire, WI 54701 or Sacred Heart/St. Patrick's Parish, 322 Fulton St., Eau Claire, WI, 54703.

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