Funeral services for Beverly A. Culbertson will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Bonnerup Funeral Chapel in Ellendale. Pastor Michael Longenecker will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Rosehill Cemetery in Wells, MN.
Beverly passed away peacefully at Koda Living Community in Owatonna on Friday, July 28, 2017. She was one day shy of turning 90.
Beverly Ann (Kelley) Culbertson was born on July 29, 1927 to Philip and Emma (Scherock) Culbertson in Wells, MN. She attended and graduated from Wells High School, and would further her education by obtaining her secretarial degree.
On August 11, 1945, she was united in marriage to Melvin E. Culbertson in Wells. To this union, six children were born. Melvin was a Pastor, so the couple would move to different locations serving many communities throughout their lives. They would eventually move back to Ellendale to spend their retirement. Beverly was a member of Vibrant Life Assembly of God Church in Ellendale, where she was very active.
Beverly’s love in life was taking care of her family. She had the blessing of raising six children. Maintaining her home was always a priority. Later in life, she loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a loving, caring, and kind person.
She is preceded in death by both parents, Philip and Emma; and her husband, Melvin, who passed in 2006.
Beverly leaves behind her six children: sons, Herbert Timothy (Constance) Culbertson of North Carolina, Thomas (Kimberly) Culbertson of New Prague, MN, Terry (Sue) Culbertson of Burn Township, MN; daughters, Phylis (Ike) Harrington of Crookston, MN, Patricia Fillmore and her husband Tim Kingerey of Springfield, MO, Peggy Culbertson of St. Bonifacius, MN; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as many other loving relatives and friends.
Blessed be her memory!