Beverly Audrey Edmondson

June 18, 1941 ~ December 27, 2024

Beverly A. Edmundson, 83, Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by her closest loved ones, on Friday, December 27, 2024, after a cancer diagnosis.

Per Beverly’s request, no services will be held.

Beverly Audrey Edmondson was born on June 18, 1941, in Massachusetts, to Edmund and Antoinette “Audrey” (Fairhurst) Burl. She lived in Millbury, MA for the first twenty years of her life. She had a very close relationship with her mother Audrey, sharing that she was her strongest inspiration and referring to her as her best friend.

Beverly moved to California with her son Mark, in her early twenties, with her mother and father following soon behind. Beverly lived there until her cancer diagnosis in November 2024. She spent the final days of her life in South Dakota with her daughter-in-law and three youngest grandchildren.

Beverly was very active in the Elks and was the first woman Exalted Ruler of her lodge. She was also involved in the Rotary and the Alpha Charter Guild. She was thankful for the close friendships she made through these organizations as well as from the years working at Kaiser Permanente. She wanted you to know that you were all very special to her.

Beverly loved to sing and one of our cherished memories of her is of her singing Christmas carols and her favorite song, Honey’, by Bobby Goldsboro.

Beverly will be deeply missed by her daughter-in-law, Ruba (Haddad) Petka; grandchildren, Nicholas, Edward, Mia, and Melissa; great-grandchild, Gentry; second mother, Donna (Erickson) Burl; sister, Brenda (Roger) Combs; and two nieces, Antoinette L. Dinsdale, and Samantha B. Roy.

Beverly was preceded in death by her son, Mark Don Petka; father, Edmund G. Burl; mother, Antoinette “Audrey” Burl; and niece, April Dawn Combs.

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