Dustin was killed at 1:23 the following morning.Īfterward, although I knew that Trump would not be able to execute anyone else, I found no relief. Department of Justice appealed the stay and it was overturned. Biden would already be in office and Dustin’s win would be a win for all of us! But then - in a move that I believe was unconstitutional - the U.S. execution time approached, I heard that he’d received a stay from the court until at least Jan. Knowing how close they were, I clung to the slim hope that the Supreme Court would do the right thing and halt their executions, that something would work in their favor. Had Corey and Dustin’s executions been delayed a few days, they might still be alive. But Bernard, Corey and Dustin were killed shortly before the date Biden took the oath of office on Jan. Not that I cared for them more than Chris and Orlando all of us on federal death row loved each other in equal measure. I felt the weight of their execution dates on my shoulders: Brandon (Dec.
Part of my denial was because I knew that Orlando was next.Įven months later, I have to remind myself not to call out to Orlando and Chris to say hi.
I couldn’t eat or sleep, and I was hoping hard that some kind of intervention would spare his life. On the night of his execution, I sat in my cell watching the news. He was en route to the deathwatch range, but I was still in denial. I had just looked directly into his eyes when he passed by me and Dustin Higgs in the law library. I refused to believe it when Chris was killed on Sept. They are gone, but their impact lives on. I watched them grow into better men for themselves, their families and friends - and in some cases - on behalf of their victims’ families. But I spent decades with Christopher, Orlando, Bernard, Corey and Dustin Higgs here on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana. I did not know the others who were executed well enough - Daniel Lewis Lee, Wesley Purkey, Dustin Honken, Lezmond Mitchell, Keith Nelson, William LeCroy, Alfred Bourgeois and Lisa Montgomery - to speak about them with authenticity. These government killings gave new meaning to Operation Warp Speed: Instead of taking the necessary measures to protect millions of Americans from the physical and economic ravages of COVID-19, the “pro-life” federal government put work into carrying out 13 executions. Memorial contributions American Heart Association or Life Serve Blood Center.It was almost as if the administration was trying to set a perverse new benchmark in the “Guinness Book of World Records.” It carried out more executions in six months than any other administration had in six decades. Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery Live stream will be available at on Beulah's tribute wall. Louis, Jason (Jill) Hopkins of Osceola, Angela Wittenauer of Osceola, Joel Ashcraft of Des Moines, Leigh Ashcraft-Higgs-Burow (Brandon Higgs-Burow) and seven great-grandchildren as well as other relatives and many friends.įamily will greet friends from 10 until 11 and funeral services will be 11am Monday at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola. She enjoyed reading, traveling, her three cats.īeulah leaves to cherish her memory daughter, Sally Ann Nadolsky of Des Moines, daughter, Nancy Sue (David) Hopkins of Osceola, sister-in-law, Elaine Nadolsky of Osceola, grandchildren, Shawn (Jennifer) Hopkins of St. They moved to their farm in 1948 near Osceola.īeulah retired from nursing in 2004. November of 1946 she was united in marriage to Carl Nadolsky. She taught in Polk County, Garrett Grove School near Ivy. Beulah began teaching in rural schools in Clarke County. Osceola - Beulah Faye (Widaman) Nadolsky, was born Februin Washington Township in Clarke County, IA and passed from this life Tuesday, Apat her home near Osceola, IA at 95 years of age.īeulah graduated from Osceola High School 1943.
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