Beverley Alice Dodds

Beverley Alice McBride was born February 5, 1938, in German Valley, on the Shady Nook Ranch, near Brewster, Nebraska. She was the sixth child of Oliver and Ella Mae (Ahrens) McBride. In 1947, the family moved to Ainsworth, Nebraska, where she attended school and graduated in 1955. She later attended Chadron State College and began her teaching career in rural schools in Cherry, Blaine, and Brown Counties. In 1960, she moved her family to Saint Paul, Nebraska, and there she began her 30-year career as an Elementary Principal. She was also an educator in both Hartington, Nebraska, and Nebraska City, Nebraska. In 2001, she retired after 41 years as an educator.

During her career, she was proud of the fact that she attended all four Nebraska State Colleges: Chadron, Kearney, Wayne, and Peru. Soon after retirement, she moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where she began caring for two small grandchildren. She served as a Certified Title I Aide at Northview Elementary in Manhattan in 2008 and worked there for two years, after which she permanently retired and continued to live in Manhattan until her death. She loved teaching writing and reading.

With a deep sense of faith, she was an active member of PEO, Order of the Eastern Star, Delta Kappa Gamma, Rebekah's, and the United Methodist Church, holding various offices in each organization. She was an active EMT in Saint Paul for twelve years, taught CPR classes for both beginners and instructors, and volunteered for many years with Respite, Hospice, and Abused Women's programs.

Beverley leaves to mourn her passing, her sons, both of whom took her maiden name after graduating from college, Jim (Beverly) McBride of Omaha and Bryan (Sharon) McBride of Alma, Kansas, six grandchildren, Mike, Michelle (Jerry) Parker, Alex (Tanya), Scott, Dan, Bill McBride, and four great-grandchildren. One brother, Victor Bud McBride of Ainsworth, and sister-in-law, Betty McBride of Lincoln, along with a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces, and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Ollie and Ella Mae, one sister Bonnie Irwin, brother-in-law Bill Irwin, five brothers and sisters in law, John McBride, sister(s)-in-law Aletha McBride and Elva McBride, Morton McBride sister(s)-in-law Louise McBride and Carol McBride, Bruce McBride, Ernest McBride sister-in-law Louella McBride, Calvin Ray McBride of Fairbury, sister-in-law Betty (Bud) McBride and four nephews and one niece.

She provided Jim and Bryan with amazing love and opportunities all throughout their lives, and she dearly loved her grandchildren and enjoyed hosting stayovers with them. She helped Bryan raise Dan and Bill. Asa Westerlund and Anne Legroscollard were with her for a year of high school as foreign exchange students. They became daughters to her, and she traveled to Europe to visit them and their families in Finland and Belgium. She was also a foster parent for kids who needed a temporary home.

There will be a memorial service at the United Methodist Church of Ainsworth with inurnment at the Ainsworth Cemetery in the Spring. Ashes will also be scattered at her birthplace, the Shady Nook Ranch in German Valley, near Brewster, Nebraska.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the donor's choice or to the Public Libraries in Ainsworth, Saint Paul, Hartington, Nebraska City, Nebraska, or Manhattan, Kansas, in care of Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502