It is with deep sorrow that Jolene and her two kids Remy and Savianna, Brock and his partner Eleanor, share that our beautiful mom, Beverley passed away on Oct 21, 2025. Mom will be remembered for the fun that she liked to have and to create, and her unwavering commitment to volunteering at various events ranging from the Ladies’ Quarterback Club, to Klondike Days, the Northland’s Exposition, Farm Fair, The Festival of Trees, the Scarecrow Festival, the Sourdough Raft Race—including serving as the Admiral of the Race (Up the Admiral!), the yearly Talent Explosion competition, gold panning judging, assisting with events for the world skating competition, as well as being a canvasser for various charities.
She served on numerous volunteer boards including for the Cheremosh Dance Society and was active in the UCW at her church. At one time, she even had her own tv show, Buttons and Bows, in which she demonstrated sewing techniques for costumes—She outfitted Princess Anne and her lady in waiting during a royal visit to Edmonton during Klondike Days– and probably a whole lot of other things that I’ve forgotten about at the moment.
She was beloved and was the go-to person should you need a wedding dress refitted at the last minute, a grad dress or suit, a costume for a play or dance number or a prop of any kind. She knew where to find it or how to make it. From the one room schoolhouse that she first taught all 12 grades at just outside of Saskatoon, to the many schools she taught at here in Edmonton, she loved her students and instilled in my brother and I a lifelong fondness for learning and teaching ourselves new skills.
These past 5 months she had been stricken with a decline in health that robbed her of her sense of taste, smell, her appetite, her sense of balance, and eventually her ability to swallow. She had months of headaches, declining strength and dizziness, and worsening health before diagnosis of an untreatable glioma, despite numerous trips to Drs and specialists and testing, and multiple trips to the ER to seek an answer.
Mom will be so very missed by her hundreds of friends that she made every where she went and her numerous cousins (52 first cousins and all of their kids and grandkids), whom she adored. We miss her terribly— indescribably—but take comfort that she is no longer suffering and in the legacy of her contributions and all that she did to make things a little better and more fun.
A funeral will be held on Nov 13, 2025 at Pilgrim United Church 9008- 135 ave, Edmonton, at 3:00 pm.