Obituary: Beverly “Bev” Ann (Hackman) Massey – Cyber Tech

July 16, 1939 – Sept. 20, 2024

Beverly Ann Massey handed away Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  She was born July 16, 1939, in Berger, Missouri, the oldest little one of Ervin Hackman and Adeline (Daller) Hackman. Her household then moved to New Haven, Missouri the place she attended Assumption Elementary College, and graduated from New Haven Excessive College. On December twenty sixth, 1959, she married Merv Massey. Collectively, they shared 64 years of marriage and raised three youngsters. They lived in lots of locations together with Granite Metropolis, Illinois, St. Louis, Taipei, Taiwan, Webster Groves, Missouri, Forest Haven, Missouri, Ephraim, and at last within the house her household inbuilt Fish Creek.

Phrases are exhausting to decide on for such a tremendous girl. Phrases resembling love, magnificence, kindness, selflessness begin to describe her, however they don’t painting the heat of the love, or her actually empathetic kindness and selflessness. Her magnificence shone from inside and lit up any house she was in. The sensation of being beloved was in her phrases, hugs, giggle, walks in her gardens, and in her understanding, real listening ear.

“Mom Nature” was a phrase used usually to explain her. She was a mom to her three youngsters, but in addition their mates, or anybody that wanted a good friend. She was a neighborhood mother. She “mothered” all creatures (besides snakes). She took in any animal introduced house by her youngsters over time and adopted any stray animal that stepped foot on her property! She even tried to save lots of a whole household of racoons, and a freezing hen amid a frozen Wisconsin winter. She mothered all of them!

Nature and her household had been the loves in her life. Nature was her gasoline.  She wished to be open air together with her arms within the soil making each house she touched lovely and welcoming. The gasoline she obtained from the outside was used to offer limitless love for her household.  She at all times had provides of affection to present and gave it freely. She had sufficient to present to her household, her mates, her neighbors, and anybody needing it.

She at all times knew she wished to be a mother from as early as she may bear in mind. She was sensible regardless that she didn’t have a prolonged schooling expertise or a number of diplomas. She earned her PhD in mothering! She was the last word caregiver. Her phrases, her hugs, her smile appeared to heal all troubles and supply the energy wanted to climate any storm.

These days, her grandchildren had been her biggest joys. She thought-about them items to be treasured. She had such a powerful bond with every of them and beloved them for his or her distinctive personalities. They introduced the love she put out on the earth proper again to her to fill her coronary heart. She shared her complete coronary heart, her creativity, and her love of nature and studying with them. Every of them has a particular place of their hearts only for her. Bev had a sturdy religion in God and prayed nightly for the security and well-being of her youngsters and grandchildren.  

Bev didn’t have a simple life; she labored exhausting and didn’t complain or dwell in negativity or disappointment. She merely obtained up and tackled something that wanted her consideration. Later in life, she took time to faucet into her artistic aspect. She quilted, embroidered, painted, crocheted, and sewed. Winters had been full of creativity and studying. She LOVED to learn!

Bev was the center and soul of her household. She was the sensation of a heat, comfortable house. Regardless of the place she was dwelling, it was her that felt like house. She shall be missed deeply, however not forgotten. She lives on within the hearts of her husband, her youngsters, her grandchildren, her candy, beloved Pomeranian “Pepper”, and anybody who crossed her path or gardens.

She was by no means comfy within the highlight.  She didn’t need a funeral or memorial. To indicate your sympathy, she would need you to go outdoors and search for the easy great thing about a flower or animal, irrespective of how spectacular or singular. Life is treasured, bear in mind her with a smile.

Bev is survived by her loving husband Merv, who beloved her past phrases, her sons Scott and Brad (Marnie), daughter Melanie (Sean), and her 4 grandchildren (Ava, Lydia, Anton, and Gavin). She additionally leaves behind her two sisters Shelba Hodges and JoAnn Dean, and her two nephews Randy Dean (Tanya) and Eric Hodges.

In lieu of items or flowers, please think about a donation to the Sturgeon Bay Humane Society, St. Judes Youngsters’s Hospital, …. or just plant a flower in her honor.

Casperson Funeral Dwelling in Sister Bay is helping the Massey household. Expressions of sympathy, reminiscences, and pictures of Bev could also be shared together with her household by means of her tribute web page at caspersonfuneralhome.com.