Beatrice Evereth

November 29, 2011 

WATERTOWN, N.Y.  —  Beatrice Evereth, 88, of Henry Keep Apartments, died Monday afternoon, Nov. 28, in Watertown.|

Born Sept. 18, 1923, in West Martinsburg, the daughter of the late Ray and Irene Pelo Kline, she was a 1940 graduate of Lowville Academy and the Samaritan Nursing School in 1943. 

She married Michael P. Evereth on Oct. 19, 1974, at St. Patrick’s Church in Watertown, Rev. Peter Berg officiated. Mr. Evereth, a local artist and sign painter, died Aug. 5, 1996.  

Beatrice was a registered nurse and worked at the House of the Good Samaritan, Jefferson County Department of Social Services, Anesthesia Associates of NNY and doctors Wendell D. George, H. Louis George, Warren W. Daub and James L. Crossley, retiring from nursing in 1985. 

Bea was a tireless volunteer and received the Helen Blaine Award in 2005 for outstanding volunteerism. She worked with Hospice of Jefferson County, American Legion Auxiliary, Precious Blood Monastery, Samaritan Medical Center, Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and as a member of St. Patrick's Church she was a lector and greeter. 

She was a former member of the Willowbrook and Watertown Golf Clubs.

Surviving are a daughter and her husband, Sheryl and Richard Gamble, Carthage; two step daughters, Theresa Taylor, Aurora, Ohio, and Nancy Powell, Burlington, N.C.; a step son, Michael J. Evereth, Latham; two grandsons, Steven (Donna) and Jeffery Gamble, 10 step grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, many step great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.  

Four brothers, Leo, Bernard, Richard and Gilbert Kline and two sisters, Grovena Kaban and Elizabeth Sims, all died before her.

Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in St. James Catholic Church, Carthage with the Rev’s George F. Maroun and Rev. Donald A. Robinson officiating. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery. Calling hours will be 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home, Carthage.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Jefferson County or the Precious Blood Monastery, Watertown. 

Information provided by Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.