Beverly Russell
May 20, 1934 ~ November 21, 2014
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Beverly Russell, 80, of Miller, passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 in her daughter’s home surrounded by her children.
Memorial Service was held at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church, Miller with Rev. Brian Jones officiating. Burial followed at the G.A.R. Cemetery, Miller. Visitation was held from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 with a 7:00 pm prayer service, all at Reck Funeral Home, Miller.
Bev was born May 20, 1934 to Clinton and Frances (Long) Rickard in Jackson County, Michigan. Bev attended grade school in Michigan and attended Miller High School after moving to South Dakota.
In the summer of 1949 she met and fell in love with Bill Russell. They were married August 4, 1950 and were blessed with four children. They lived in several towns in South Dakota including Miller, Pierre, Huron, Belle Fourche, and Rapid City. They also lived in Michigan and California.
Bev moved back to Miller in 2012 where she resided at the Miller Manor and later the Court Yard Villa Assisted Living.
Pierre was Bev’s home for 34 years where she made many lifelong friends. While in Pierre she was a tutor for special needs children within the Pierre school system. She also enjoyed working as a volunteer at the Hospice store. She was a member of Lutheran Memorial Church and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Her hobbies included camping, crossword puzzles, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children: Linda (Steve) Zeigler, Gary (Vicky) Russell, Francie (Jerry) Alumbaugh, and Michelle (Bob) Hopper; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; her in-laws: Yoko Rickard, Ken and Darlene Tonsager, and Eileen Russell; and many nieces and nephews.
Bev is preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her parents; and her brothers: Don and Doyle Rickard.
The family especially wants to thank Ellen, Darla, and Mary who were Bev’s Miller hospice angels.
Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Beverly’s arrangements.
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I just heard about your mother and I wanted to tell you that I always felt she was a very special lady. From the day we met her when we moved in beside Lilburn and Mable, all of the family treated us like family. We have very special memories of all of you. I will never forget Bev and am glad she is in heaven with the other special people in your family. Heaven got another angel yesterday. RIP Bev.
I am so sorry for the loss of grandma bev she was a wonderful mother to her four children and very important in her grand children’s lives as well.
May God bless you and your family during this time and always.
Maria and I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to all of our cousins and their families. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and Aunt Bev may she rest in peace. She will be joining company with our recently departed Herb and Larry Russell and my mother Treva Deloris Finley who are also greatly missed.
Sorry to hear of your loss.
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