Beverely Price

SEBRING - Beverely Shaffer Inge Price was born on January 14, 1929, in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, the youngest of three sisters; the daughter of Herbert Ernest Shaffer and Amy (Caldwell) Shaffer of New Brighton. She died peacefully at Salem Regional Hospital on Saturday, July 20, 2024, following a brief illness.

Beverely graduated from New Brighton High School in 1947 and attended Lake Erie College for Women in Painesville, Ohio. She graduated from The Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing and earned her R.N. in 1952.

Married to Richard L. Inge in 1952, Dick, a member of the U.S. Army, was sent to the Panama Canal Zone and Beverely followed. While there, she worked at the Gorges Hospital under famous heart surgeon, Dr. Dudley White.

Returning to Pittsburgh following the Korean Armistice, she and Dick lived in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania where she was a Deacon at Pleasant Hills Presbyterian Church, a member of the Pleasant Hills Women’s Club and an active Nurse for the Syria Shrine of Pittsburgh. She taught Intensive Care Nursing and was Assistant Director of Nursing at West Penn Hospital.

She and Dick moved to Beaver, Pa. in 1972 following her husband’s purchase of Dowdell’s Flower Shop. Beverely found employment at The Beaver Medical Center as a nurse and was named “Nurse of the Year” in 1985. All told, she was an active R.N. for over 50 years.

Following the death of her husband in 1994, she married Ronald J. Price of Beaver, Pa. in 2004. While living in Beaver, she was a Deacon at Park Presbyterian Church.

After retirement in 2004 from the Medical Center, she and Ron moved to Delray Beach, Florida where both became active in the Delray Beach Presbyterian Church, and, where she again served as a Deacon and was involved in various non-profits and local politics.

In 2013, she and Ron moved to the Copeland Oaks Retirement Village in Sebring, Ohio.

Her two older sisters, Maneeta Shaffer Heckathorne of Midland, Texas and Marilyn Shaffer Duncan Smith of Dallas, Texas preceded her in death. Bev leaves five children, Amy Inge (Mick) Giglio of Hilton Head, S.C., Richard (Marianne McStay) Inge and Greg Inge of Beaver, Pa., Penny Price (Bill) Gourley of Waynesville, Ohio, and Debbie Price of Pompano Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m.-Noon Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at the Salem First Presbyterian Church, 436 E. Second St. A funeral service will follow at noon, with a reception to follow in the fellowship hall.

Burial will be in the Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.

Arrangements are being handled by Stark Memorial Funeral Home.

The family asks that memorials be in the form of donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O Box 50, Memphis, Tenn. 38101-9929; ASPCA Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 96929, Washington, D.C. 20090-6929; or to The Shriners Children Hospital.

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