Beverly Ann Naramore Abels, 1941 – 2017
Beverly Ann Strawn-Naramore Abels, of Custer, South Dakota, was born July 23, 1941 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Beverly died at Rapid City Regional hospital on July 28, 2017. She was 76 years old.
After graduation from Wichita East High School in 1960, she married Jon Abels on November 19, 1960 in Wichita, KS. The BEST deal he ever made!!!
(Left, Beverly in 1960)
She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years Jon Abels; daughters – Suzannah Lloyd (Bub), Joannah Tornow (Derek); grandchildren-Robert B. Lloyd (Amy), Samantha Tornow, Jon E. Lloyd (Monica), Ali Tornow, Theodore Tornow, and Kylie Ann Tornow; three great grandchildren – Robert and Jackson Lloyd and Cody Tornow, and a half-sister Daann Piglowski.
Beverly was an active member of her community in Custer. She and Jon established and facilitated 17 years of Southern Hills Friends of the NRA annual banquets. They held the first banquet for western South Dakota. Together, they raised a tremendous amount of money to fund firearm safety education. She was also a member of the National Republican Women’s Committee.
Mom loved her husband and children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her greatest enjoyment was surrounding herself with her family and friends, and she and Jon never met a stranger as they loved to talk with every person that they met. She will be sorely missed.
Donations can be made in Beverly’s name to Southern Hills Friends of the NRA, by reaching Kelly Miller at Highmark Credit Union, 602 Mt Rushmore Rd, Custer, SD 57730.
