Beverly "Ann" North, 94, passed away on December 28, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born in her grandparent’s home on the banks of the Neosho River in Iola, Kansas on September 22, 1931 to Verna Lillian (Drake) Rousselo and Leonard Phillip Rousselo. Beverly was the third oldest of 7 siblings.The family moved to Kansas City, Kansas in 1941. As a teenager, Beverly went to Bishop Ward Catholic High School and belong to the USO club where she was a dancer. After Beverly graduated high school she took a job working at Kuluva's Furniture and Appliance on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas as a checker where she met her future husband, Charles H. North, Sr. They got married on November 13, 1954, and moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where they would raise their family. Beverly worked at TWA for 7 years as a secretary and then became a stay at home mom. She went back to work for Hallmark cards Inc. after their 3 children were grown. After her spouse passed in 1995, Beverly moved to Edwardsville, Kansas. Beverly retired from Hallmark cards after 15 years in May, 1996. She belonged to Saint Patrick’s Parish on State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, where she volunteered on several committees, including being a Eucharistic minister. Beverly then moved to Kansas City Missouri to be closer to her children in her aging years. Beverly has five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Beverly was preceded in death by her siblings, Mary Bassinger, Marvin Rousselo, Don Rousselo, Lucy Martin, Martha Groce, Doug Rousselo. She is survived by sons, Charles H. North, Jr. and his wife, Carol F. North, and Michael R. North; daughter, Kimberly A. (North) Arnone and her husband, Joseph G. Arnone; grandchildren, Melanie A. (North) Shanks, Daniel Shanks, Nicolette R. (North) Rahm, Erick Rahm, Amy L. (North) Hamlin, Martin Hamlin, Salvatore C. Arnone, Megan (Easterday) Arnone, Jennifer M. (Arnone) Brogoto, Nico M Brogoto; great-grandchildren, Katrina, Quinten, Summer, Felix and Victoria Shanks, Jacob and Kaleb Rahm, William and Dean Hamlin, Ella, Joseph, and Leo Arnone, Joseph, Luciano, and Valentina Brogoto.
A visitation will be held at McGilley Antioch Chapel, 3325 Northeast Vivion Road, Kansas City, Missouri, on January 4, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm. A Rosary will follow at the same location from 7:45 pm to 8:00 pm.
The Mass of Christian Burial will take place on January 5, 2026 at 11:00 am at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, 6415 NE Antioch Rd, Gladstone, Missouri. Committal will be in Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO.
