Beverly Kirk

KIRK, Beverly (Ruxer), age 58 of Brookville, OH. passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 at Greenbriar Nursing Home in Eaton, OH. after battling some time with Alzheimer’s disease.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Norma Sue (Nieman) Ruxer and her grandparents.  She was a 1978 graduate of Twin Valley South High school, a graduate of Miami Jacobs Business College and held a degree as an LPN.  She previously worked at Good Samaritan Hospital as a Labor and Delivery Nurse and retired as a dispatcher for the Ohio State Highway Patrol in 2015.  She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, the Ohio Troopers Coalition, Fraternal Order of Police and the Ohio State Troopers Association.  She is survived by her husband, David Kirk of Brookville, OH., sister, Susan Warnecke of Swansea, IL., brother, Scott (Kim) Ruxer of New Lebanon, OH., in-laws, Walter and Barbara Kirk of Hilton Head, S.C. nieces, Brittany, Alexis , Laure and Chelsi, great niece Nora, nephews, Eric, Weston and Miles and life-long friend (and Favorite “ding-dong”) Theresa George, Eaton, OH.  Beverly loved to bake, travel, photograph nature, crochet and spend time with her much loved fur babies, Darcie and Toby.  A Celebration of Life will be held later this month at the Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm to honor Beverly.  Lindloff-Zimmerman Funeral Home of West Alexandria, OH. is in charge of her arrangements.  For condolences: www.lindloffzimmerman.com   In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to the local humane society, VITAS Hospice Assoc. or the Alzheimer's association of Greater Miami Valley in Beverly's name.