Beverly Jean (Hargis) Anderson, age 86, died August 12, 2022, at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2022, at the Haxtun Cemetery.

Beverly was born September 26, 1935, in Pierce, Colorado to Charles Hargis and Bernice (Mackay) Hargis.  She attended school in Pierce, graduating in 1953.  While in high school she was active in the drama club, was a cheerleader and graduated as class valedictorian.  This is also where she met her high school sweetheart Leonard.  They later married on July 19, 1954, in Raton, New Mexico when Leonard came home from leave from the Navy.  They lived in San Francisco, CA until Leonard was discharged from the Navy on January 28, 1955.  They returned to Colorado and made their home west of Pierce for 40 years.

Beverly was a devoted mother to her children:  David, Kathleen, Linda and Dan.  She spent many hours in the car, either driving them to an activity or waiting for them after sports practice.  This is probably where her love of reading came from.   She also spent countless hours on a bleacher supporting them in whatever venture they were participating in.  She later spent her time driving her grandkids to and from baseball games and practices.  Beverly was a Sunday School teacher and then later she helped in her grandkid's classrooms with the reading programs.

From the early 70's to 1996, Beverly worked at the Pierce Elevator.  A major lifestyle change came in 1999 when her and Leonard moved to Haxtun, Colorado as the whole farming operation relocated from Nunn, Colorado.  Beverly had a knack for growing large Christmas Cactus that would be covered in blooms a couple of times a year.  She also had a special talent in being able to keep African violets alive and blooming.  A dog would always be on her lap or by her side and through the years many stray dogs found a home with her.  If there was not a dog being petted, her hands were busy knitting afghans and sweaters.

Beverly is survived by sons, David (Sherry) Anderson, Dan (Jenni) Anderson, daughters Kathleen Morrison and Linda Nevins and grandchildren Ryan, Adam (Samantha), and Aimee Kanode, Kyle Morrison, Kaitlyn Ernst (Reid) and Dusty Anderson, step grandchildren Gina (Gary) Morlan and Butch (Michelle) Domino and great grandchild Bret Kanode, sisters Ann Clayton and Chris Anderson and brother-in-law William Anderson, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were husband Leonard Anderson, father Charles Hargis, mother Bernice Hargis, stepmother Marge Hargis, brother-in-law Martin Anderson, sisters in law Carol Mimms and Ethel Rasnic and grandson Bret Kanode.