Beatrice "Bea" Giles Elliott, 101, of Holmes Beach, FL, died on March 25, 2022.
She was born May 26, 1920, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Ethel and Haeckel Humboldt Giles.
She spent most of her years through high school in Casper, Wyoming, and then attended Grinnell College in Iowa and Denver University in Colorado.
In 1942, she married Jack Savage, who served in the U.S. Navy on a minesweeper and was killed in the battle of Okinawa in 1945. Shortly after World War II, She joined the office of Sen. Edward V. Robertson of Wyoming and served as an executive secretary in his Washington, D.C., office. While in that position, she met U.S. Air Force Col. Robert W. Elliott, who was serving at the Pentagon. They married in 1947 and had a daughter, Linda, who died at age 25.
The couple moved to Anna Maria Island in 1968 after Col. Elliott completed his career in the Air Force. They were active members of the Holmes Beach community, as well as significant contributors in their early life and for many subsequent years of the Key Royale Club. In the 1970s, Mrs. Elliott was employed as a manager at Resort 66 motel on the island.
In her retired life, she loved traveling and enjoyed a number of international trips. She loved playing cards with various groups and regularly played at the Key Royale Club. She continued to play cards socially until her health no longer allowed and then in her home with friends until her final days.
She was a classy lady, intelligent, spunky and proper in all of her ways. She will be missed.
A celebration of life was held for Beatrice Wednesday, March 30, at the KRC clubhouse, 700 Key Royale Drive, Holmes Beach.
