Beverley Jean Cunningham (Bev) was born In Carbondale, Illinois, to Charles R. and Berniece L. (Merritt) Cunningham on Nov. 14, 1943. She spent her grade school years with her family in Helena, Montana, where she attended Broadwater School. After school and weekends, she helped her grandmother, Emeline Merritt, who owned a personal care home there. Bev always enjoyed working with the elderly.
The family moved to Miles City in 1956. She attended Lincoln Elementary (6th grade), Washington Junior High and Custer County High School, where she met the love of her life, Ron Askin. They were married in 1962, and were blessed with five children.
Over the years, Bev worked for the family water well drilling business as bookkeeper and office manager. She had a lifelong love of learning and education, and served on the Unified School Board in Miles City in the early 1970’s.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and served as Worthy Matron in 1976-1977. Her father, Chuck Cunningham, served with her as Worthy Patron.
At the age of 43, Bev enrolled in the nursing program at Miles Community College, graduating with an Associate Degree in 1989, and shortly after enrolled in the baccalaureate program at the University of Mary in Bismarck North Dakota, graduating in 1992, and later with a Master’s Degree in 1994.
During her nursing career, she worked for the VA as a staff nurse, infection control nurse, education and training coordinator, and Associate Chief Nurse for Education.
Her parents came to live with Bev and Ron when her mother developed terminal cancer. This was Bev’s first experience with Hospice, and she formed a deep respect and admiration for the program.
She later worked for Holy Rosary Healthcare as the Case Management Nurse for the Medicaid Waiver Team, Hospice Manager, and Director of Senior Services.
Bev is survived by three children; Douglas (Tami) Askin, of Miles City, Kathleen (Mark) Netland, of Katy, Texas, and Ronald C. (Celeste) Askin of Charlotte, North Carolina; nine grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by two sisters; Carolyn Angel of Belgrade, Montana, and Jean (Kevin) Fisher of Ocean Park, Washington, and one brother, Chuck (Janet) Cunningham, of Canyon Creek, Montana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Jacqueline Cunningham, a daughter, Colleen Askin, and a son, Daniel Patrick Askin.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice, or to the Miles City soup kitchen.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.
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The family moved to Miles City in 1956. She attended Lincoln Elementary (6th grade), Washington Junior High and Custer County High School, where she met the love of her life, Ron Askin. They were married in 1962, and were blessed with five children.
Over the years, Bev worked for the family water well drilling business as bookkeeper and office manager. She had a lifelong love of learning and education, and served on the Unified School Board in Miles City in the early 1970’s.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and served as Worthy Matron in 1976-1977. Her father, Chuck Cunningham, served with her as Worthy Patron.
At the age of 43, Bev enrolled in the nursing program at Miles Community College, graduating with an Associate Degree in 1989, and shortly after enrolled in the baccalaureate program at the University of Mary in Bismarck North Dakota, graduating in 1992, and later with a Master’s Degree in 1994.
During her nursing career, she worked for the VA as a staff nurse, infection control nurse, education and training coordinator, and Associate Chief Nurse for Education.
Her parents came to live with Bev and Ron when her mother developed terminal cancer. This was Bev’s first experience with Hospice, and she formed a deep respect and admiration for the program.
She later worked for Holy Rosary Healthcare as the Case Management Nurse for the Medicaid Waiver Team, Hospice Manager, and Director of Senior Services.
Bev is survived by three children; Douglas (Tami) Askin, of Miles City, Kathleen (Mark) Netland, of Katy, Texas, and Ronald C. (Celeste) Askin of Charlotte, North Carolina; nine grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by two sisters; Carolyn Angel of Belgrade, Montana, and Jean (Kevin) Fisher of Ocean Park, Washington, and one brother, Chuck (Janet) Cunningham, of Canyon Creek, Montana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Jacqueline Cunningham, a daughter, Colleen Askin, and a son, Daniel Patrick Askin.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice, or to the Miles City soup kitchen.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Notice 02/03/2019
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Obituary 02/04/2019
Beverley Jean Cunningham (Bev) was born In Carbondale, Illinois, to Charles R. and Berniece L. (Merritt) Cunningham on Nov. 14, 1943. She spent her grade school years with her family in Helena, Montana, where she attended Broadwater School. After school and weekends, she helped her grandmother, Emeline Merritt, who owned a personal care home there. Bev always enjoyed working with the elderly.
The family moved to Miles City in 1956. She attended Lincoln Elementary (6th grade), Washington Junior High and Custer County High School, where she met the love of her life, Ron Askin. They were married in 1962, and were blessed with five children.
Over the years, Bev worked for the family water well drilling business as bookkeeper and office manager. She had a lifelong love of learning and education, and served on the Unified School Board in Miles City in the early 1970’s.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and served as Worthy Matron in 1976-1977. Her father, Chuck Cunningham, served with her as Worthy Patron.
At the age of 43, Bev enrolled in the nursing program at Miles Community College, graduating with an Associate Degree in 1989, and shortly after enrolled in the baccalaureate program at the University of Mary in Bismarck North Dakota, graduating in 1992, and later with a Master’s Degree in 1994.
During her nursing career, she worked for the VA as a staff nurse, infection control nurse, education and training coordinator, and Associate Chief Nurse for Education.
Her parents came to live with Bev and Ron when her mother developed terminal cancer. This was Bev’s first experience with Hospice, and she formed a deep respect and admiration for the program.
She later worked for Holy Rosary Healthcare as the Case Management Nurse for the Medicaid Waiver Team, Hospice Manager, and Director of Senior Services.
Bev is survived by three children; Douglas (Tami) Askin, of Miles City, Kathleen (Mark) Netland, of Katy, Texas, and Ronald C. (Celeste) Askin of Charlotte, North Carolina; nine grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by two sisters; Carolyn Angel of Belgrade, Montana, and Jean (Kevin) Fisher of Ocean Park, Washington, and one brother, Chuck (Janet) Cunningham, of Canyon Creek, Montana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Jacqueline Cunningham, a daughter, Colleen Askin, and a son, Daniel Patrick Askin.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice, or to the Miles City soup kitchen.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Notice 02/03/2019
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Obituary 02/04/2019
The family moved to Miles City in 1956. She attended Lincoln Elementary (6th grade), Washington Junior High and Custer County High School, where she met the love of her life, Ron Askin. They were married in 1962, and were blessed with five children.
Over the years, Bev worked for the family water well drilling business as bookkeeper and office manager. She had a lifelong love of learning and education, and served on the Unified School Board in Miles City in the early 1970’s.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and served as Worthy Matron in 1976-1977. Her father, Chuck Cunningham, served with her as Worthy Patron.
At the age of 43, Bev enrolled in the nursing program at Miles Community College, graduating with an Associate Degree in 1989, and shortly after enrolled in the baccalaureate program at the University of Mary in Bismarck North Dakota, graduating in 1992, and later with a Master’s Degree in 1994.
During her nursing career, she worked for the VA as a staff nurse, infection control nurse, education and training coordinator, and Associate Chief Nurse for Education.
Her parents came to live with Bev and Ron when her mother developed terminal cancer. This was Bev’s first experience with Hospice, and she formed a deep respect and admiration for the program.
She later worked for Holy Rosary Healthcare as the Case Management Nurse for the Medicaid Waiver Team, Hospice Manager, and Director of Senior Services.
Bev is survived by three children; Douglas (Tami) Askin, of Miles City, Kathleen (Mark) Netland, of Katy, Texas, and Ronald C. (Celeste) Askin of Charlotte, North Carolina; nine grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by two sisters; Carolyn Angel of Belgrade, Montana, and Jean (Kevin) Fisher of Ocean Park, Washington, and one brother, Chuck (Janet) Cunningham, of Canyon Creek, Montana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Jacqueline Cunningham, a daughter, Colleen Askin, and a son, Daniel Patrick Askin.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice, or to the Miles City soup kitchen.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Notice 02/03/2019
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Obituary 02/04/2019
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