Beulah Mae Strickland, 98, died Jan. 9, 2010, at the Sebastian River Medical Center.
She was born in Key West and moved to Vero Beach 26 years ago from Miami. She worked as a switchboard operator for Jackson Memorial Hospital for 13 years.
She was a member of the Congregational Church in Key West and of the Eastern Star in Vero Beach.
Survivors include her daughters, Margaret Stubbs and Carol Hamilton, both of Vero Beach; sisters, Alice Hogan of Moore Haven, Rosalie Henson of Pembroke Pines; two grandchildren, six-great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach. Condolences may be sent through www.seawindsfh.com/obit.php.