Beverly Ann (Shearer) Tiedt, 90, St. Joseph, Missouri, passed from this life Saturday, November 11, 2023 at Carriage Square Rehab and Healthcare Center, St. Joseph.
“Bev,” as she liked to be called, was born January 15, 1933 in St. Joseph to the late Grover Charles and Berniece Irene (Jacques) Shearer.
She was a graduate of Lafayette High School and Sisters Hospital School of Nursing, where she was later employed. She continued her career working for physicians Willman and Beheler, and John T. Rogers. She eventually retired from nursing at Tiffany Square in 1995.
Bev enjoyed reading and watching television in her leisure time. She loved roses and her favorite color was blue.
She was a lifelong member of Woodson Chapel Christian Church, although an absentee member in her later years.
Bev was born a survivor and overcomer at 3 lbs., 4 oz., premature during the Depression. Her mother passed from this earth days after her birth. Bev survived a divorce and being a “single mom” in the early sixties, when such things were rare. Nineteen Eighty Six had her surviving and thriving after a lemon-sized brain tumor. She returned to her career two months afterward.
She is survived by her daughter, Julianne (Julie) Tiedt Hill, St. Joseph; grandsons, Eric Thomas Hill, Roanoke, Virginia, and Joshua Charles Hill, Eugene, Oregon; and many cousins in Missouri and Kansas.
She was preceded in death by her grandmother and aunt who raised her, Myrtle Belle (Amos) Shearer and Thelma Rebecca (Shearer) Parson; parents, Grover Charles and Berniece Irene (Jacques) Shearer; and cousin, raised as a brother, Jack Ellis Parson.
Natural Farewell under the direction of Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Private Inurnment Mount Zion Cemetery, Easton (formerly Starfield), Missouri, at a later date.
