Beverly Ann Walsh-Rule

Funeral services for Beverly Ann Walsh-Rule, RN age 64 of St. Lawrence Avenue in Ogdensburg, will be held on Wednesday (March 10, 2010) at 2:00 p.m. at Notre Dame Church with Rev. F. James Shurtleff officiating. Burial will be in the spring at Notre Dame Cemetery.

Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fox & Murray Funeral Home. Mrs. Rule passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday morning (Mar 7, 2010).

Surviving is her husband Rev. Alan Rule; two sons Robert Rule & his wife Lisa of Vero Beach, FL and Alex Rule & his wife Maribel of Ogdensburg; a daughter Alynia Rule of Ogdensburg; a sister Roberta Jones & her husband Norman of Youngstown, NY; four grandchildren Madison, Connor, Courtney & Robert Jr. and several nieces, nephews & cousins.

Beverly Ann was born on July 14, 1945 in Paterson, NJ a daughter of Lawrence & Florence (Hallock) Walsh. She attended Eastwood High School in Syracuse and graduated in 1963 from Memorial High in Beloit, WI. She married Rev. Alan Rule (former pastor of the Christ Church of Morristown) on July 20, 1963 in Beloit, WI at the St. Paul's Episcopal Church with Father Joseph E. Mazza officiating their marriage.

Beverly Ann enlisted in the US Army Reserves in June of 1976 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama as a medic, and received training as a licensed practical nurse. In 1975 she began working at the St. Clair Hospital as a Licensed Practical Psych Nurse until 1979 when she moved to Daytona Beach, FL and began working at the Halifax Psychiatric Hospital. On April 8, 1985 she received her Registered Nursing Degree from The State of Florida College and continued her employment with the Halifax Hospital as an RN. In 1986 she became employed with the ACT Corp Indigent Care Psych Hospital in Daytona Beach, FL where she worked as head nurse until 1998 when she retired. Following her retirement, she and her husband moved to Ireland where she became a registered Artist with a specialty in oil paintings until September 2006, when they moved to Ogdensburg.

She was a member of the Ladies of the Moose, and featured her Irish art work on her Café Press web-site. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling, painting and her pets.

Memorial contributions can be made to: St. Lawrence County SPCA.

On-line condolences can also be made to the family at www.foxandmurrayfuneralhome.com.