Beverly Joan Reimers

Graveside services for Joan Reimers will be held Monday, May 4, 2020 in the Custer City Masonic Cemetery, officiated by Wayne Pittard and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 1:00 P.M., till 8:00 P.M. Sunday, May 3, 2020 in the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Beverly Joan Reimers was born September 14, 1946 to Wayne and Eva (Cope) Reimers in Custer City, Oklahoma and passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Raised on a country farm, she rode the school bus to a country school in Arapaho, Oklahoma for 12 years with less than 20 students in her graduating class in 1964. Joan graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma with an emphasis in Speech and English. She continued her studies and obtained a Masters of Education from the same university. She earned a Masters of Business from the University of Phoenix while working in California. As a young child she treasured her dolls, always kept in their original boxes, and had a flair and love for fashion that was the envy of many. She was an accomplished teacher, director of community plays and speech competition. In 1975 she pursued a career in long-term care administration before returning to teaching in Sydney, Australia. After ten years in Australia she continued teaching in Tulsa, Oklahoma until her retirement in 2012. Joan is survived by three sisters, Sue Crystal of Las Vegas, Nevada; Linda Stephenson, of Clinton, Oklahoma; Kay Killgore and her husband Mike of Oklahoma City Oklahoma and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Registry for BeverlyJoan Reimers