June 1, 1955 – June 27, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, wife, sister, and friend, Beverly (Bev) Ruth Carson, at the age of 69 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her devoted husband of 39 years, Ralph; her sons Harrison and Charlie; and her brother Howard. Bev was predeceased by her parents Edith and Ben.
Bev was born at the Women’s Pavilion on June 1, 1955 in Winnipeg. Her formative education took place at the I.L. Peretz Folk School where she and her brother were immersed in Jewish studies that included the history of the people, traditional knowledge, literature, an immersive study of the Yiddish language and science. Peretz School instilled an exemplary work ethic and moral clarity that she carried throughout her life.
Bev later attended Garden City Collegiate, graduating high school in 1973. She later enrolled at the University of Winnipeg, where she studied English literature and continued a life-long passion for reading and writing. During her final two years of university, she also studied computer programming at Red River College.
Bev’s professional career began at the Winnipeg Tribune where she was hired as the newspaper’s first female advertising representative. She went on to land a position at Xerox and later, worked in the financial services sector for over a decade at the VISA division of Toronto-Dominion Bank.
An abiding commitment to her family and children drove Bev to leave TD in 1995 and become a stay-at-home mother. It was here that she made her biggest mark, pouring her life into raising her two boys while playing an indispensable role helping Ralph manage his small business as an almost full-time bookkeeper and accountant.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the nursing and medical staff at the Riverview Health Centre, who showed great compassion in caring for Bev during her final weeks in the palliative care ward.
Family and friends are invited to share memories and condolences on Bev’s memorial page using the comment field below.
As young teens we were gleeful friends .I still reminisce the times I spent with her and Howard . I new Ben and Edith well and spent time at there home . She is and always will be a very special time in our youth , a defining period for all of us then . When I would see and meet her in later years we always looked at each other as if we were still 17 years old. She has a place in my heart always .
I knew Bev from age 4 when we were in nursery at Peretz school until my family left Winnipeg in 1963 and we became close friends in junior high and high school after my family returned. So many memories have come rushing back at me since hearing this sad news, going to the Y and out for pizza or to Stop 29 on Saturdays, riding our bikes to Kildonen Park, spending days at The Oasis, parties at her house, discovering great music, swapping clothes, makeup. I lost touch with Bev after high school and shortly after moved away but I can’t help remembering now what a big part of my life she was during those years, she was a great friend – a really wonderful person to grow up with. My deepest condolences to all her family and friends, she will be missed.