Beverly Jean Mayes Myers
April 1, 1949 – Dec. 2, 2020
KANSAS CITY — Beverly Jean Mayes Myers, Overbrook, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City. She was 71.
She was born April 1, 1949. The youngest of three girls, her father thought the doctor was playing an April Fool’s joke when he was told his youngest was yet another girl. Her birthdate was one of the many nods to her affable and playful nature.
Bev was born and raised in Alliance, Neb., graduating from Alliance High School and attending Chadron State College, in Chadron, Neb.
She married Greg Ostrander, in 1969, until his passing in 1988. They had two children together, Tina and Tim who survive. She married Howard Myers in 1993, and together they enjoyed a blended family of six with Howard’s son and daughter and Bev’s children.
Bev had many passions in life, but her main ones were her family, her faith and horses. She spent much of her life as a church secretary and in various roles caring for kids, owning an at home daycare and then later acting as a para at Santa Fe Trails school system. She loved telling stories of the kids she cared for, with one of her favorites being the time she was beaten (more than once) at checkers by a second grader. Her biggest smiles were often reserved for her grandchildren and she was always quick to pull out her phone to show pictures or videos of their sporting events and dance recitals.
Bev was an avid horse lover and a true farm girl. She raised her kids as active participants in 4-H and was a member of the Kansas Draft Horse and Mule Association. One of her favorite places to be was on a wagon driven by her Belgian draft horses with her husband at the helm. Every year she looked forward to dressing up the horses and wagon and participating in the Lawrence Old Fashioned Christmas Parade. She likened the crowds there to feeling like she was a player in the Super Bowl.
Bev is survived by her husband, Howard; two sisters, Carol and Sam; a daughter, Tina; a son, Tim (spouse Rachelle); a stepdaughter, Lauren (spouse Dustin); a stepson, Nathan (spouse Alexandra); 10 grandchildren Haven, Isaiah, Kamari, Amarius, Elijah, Asher, Ashton, Riley, Liam, Owen, Isabelle and Luke; and numerous other family and friends that will miss her dearly.
Family services will be held at a later date with burial in Americus Cemetery, Americus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Care Center, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in her name and sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Condolences may be expressed at www.robertsblue.com.
