St. Peter, MN - Beatrice "Bea" Roscoe, age 82 of Saint Peter, MN died February 25, 2026 at Rivers Edge Hospital in St. Peter.

Memorial Service is 12:00pm Saturday, March 14, 2026 at Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Peter MN. Visitation is 4:00-7:00pm Friday, March 13th and 11:00am Saturday all at the church. To leave a condolence for the family, visit www.saintpeterfuneralhome.com.

A wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend...a life well lived and deeply loved.

Bea Roscoe was born November 29, 1943, in New Ulm, MN, to Elroy C. & Laura (Lind) Webster. She attended country school in New Sweden Township, through 5th grade & graduated from Gaylord HS in 1961. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1965 with a BS in Elementary Education and taught elementary school in Anaheim and Huntington Beach, CA from 1965 to 1972. She was united in marriage to Bernard W. Roscoe on December 18, l966 at Scandian Grove Lutheran Church in rural St. Peter, MN.

Bea and Bernie lived in California until 1973 when they moved to Little Falls, MN with their daughter Leah and where their son Matthew was born. They also lived in Long Prairie, Brainerd/Baxter, Aitkin and in 2022 moved to St. Peter, MN. Bea was in long-term substitute teaching for many years and later continued her education and obtained her Pre-School teacher's license from St Cloud State. She worked in Early Childhood Programs as a pre-school teacher for the Long Prairie Fresh Water Co-op and the Brainerd School District from 1983 -until retiring in 2008. It was a job she loved and always said she would still be there if she could gracefully get up off the floor when working with the little people!!

Bea and Bernie enjoyed family time with their two children, Leah and Matthew, and were actively involved in their school and church activities. Bea was involved with the Jaycee Women of Little Falls, was a Sunday School teacher and sang in the church choir. While living in Aitkin MN, Bea was a member of First Lutheran Church, Friends of the Aitkin Library, Friends of the Arts, participated in CM TEC 242, and served on the Patient & Family Advisory Counsel for the Aitkin Riverwood Hospital and enjoyed working on many community activities over the years. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoyed traveling, reading, summertime fishing, mowing the lawn, and golfing and she especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and attending their sports activities.

Bea was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, Elroy, Douglas, Robert and Carolyn. She is survived by her husband of 59 years and 2 months, Bernie; daughter Leah and son-in-law Jeff Bridger & grandsons Kyle and Nathan of Eagle Lake, MN; son Matthew and daughter-in-law Sherryl Roscoe & granddaughter Abigail & grandson Harvey of Aitkin, MN, sisters-in-law Sally Webster, Chris Enterline and many relatives and friends.

Memorials are preferred to Friends of the Aitkin Public Library, Trinity Lutheran Church Youth Programs (St. Peter, MN) or the donor's choice.

Forever loved...and never forgotten.