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Beverlee McMullin, 59
Published 12:00am Saturday, August 9, 2008Beverlee Jean (Bruns) McMullin, 59, died suddenly Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008.
She was born on April 14, 1949, in Gaylord, to Melvin and Emma Bruns. She was baptized on May 1, 1949, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Gibbon, and confirmed on May 17, 1964, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fergus Falls.
She spent most of her early life in Fergus Falls, where, following two years of community college she worked as a bookkeeper from 1970 to 1972.
On Aug. 1, 1972, she married Clinton McMullin in Great Falls, Mont. God blessed this union with four children, Michael, Chad, James, and Lindsay.
Beverlee was a loving, devoted mother to her children and worked as a homemaker until husband Clint decided to change careers and enter Concordia Seminary in 1986.
While in St. Louis, she worked as a file clerk from 1986 to 1988. She later worked as a bookkeeper and receptionist in Denver, Colo., from 1988 to 1989.
In 1990, she moved with her family to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where she worked as a nurse’s aide from 1990 to 1992. Following the family move to Herington, Kansas, Beverlee continued working as an aide from 1993 to 1998.
After moving to Oklahoma City in 1998, she worked at the Edmond Medical Center, until an injury forced her to retire in 2001.
During her nursing career, she won numerous awards for patient care because she always tried to treat every patient as though they were family.
Beverlee was preceded in death by her mother, Emma Bruns; and her brother, Jerry Bruns.
She is survived by her husband of 36 years, Clinton; and by her sons, Michael and Chad, of the home; her son, James (Lorri) McMullin of Tulsa, Okla.; a daughter, Lindsay James of Preston, Kansas; her father, Melvin Bruns; a brother, Robert Bruns, and a sister, Kathy Bruns, all of Fergus Falls; her mother-in-law, Laura McMullin of Claremore, Okla.; six grandchildren, Christine, Cody, and Casey James; Jazzlynn White; Cameron and Kaden McMullin; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
She will be missed as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister.
Memorials may be given to Immanuel Lutheran Church.
A Memorial service is planned at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1800 NW 36th, Oklahoma City, Okla.
