Beverly Jane (Rankin) Fread was born April 5, 1939, in Springfield, Ohio, to Martha (Baker) and Woodrow Rankin. Bev was raised in the Cincinnati area, graduating from Sycamore High School in 1957. On November 25, 1961, she married Robert R. Fread at the Montgomery Presbyterian Church. They have one son, Robert A. Fread, and Bev and Bob made their home in Loveland, Ohio, for most of their married lives. Bev worked as a bank teller and bookkeeper, stay at home mother, and did in-home child care for many family members and neighbors. She loved children and was the nursery class Sunday School teacher at the Evendale Community Church for about 20 years. Bev also loved music and she sang in the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus in her younger years. Other hobbies included flowers and baking cookies, especially at Christmas and for church events. Bev and Bob moved to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 2011 to be close to family. Bev passed from this life on August 13, 2018, with her family at her side at the Martin Health Center of the Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Bev was preceded in death by her mother, Martha. She is survived her husband of 57 years, Bob of Cedar Falls, Iowa; her father, Woody of Springfield, Ohio; her son and daughter-in-law, Rev. Bob and Sue Fread of Hudson, Iowa; her granddaughters, Sara and Hannah Fread of Hudson, Iowa; and a sister and brother-in-law, Susan & Paul. Family and friends will be received from 9:30-10:30 AM on Monday, August 20 at Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Home, 129 N Riverside Ave, Loveland, OH 45140, where services will be held at 10:30 AM. Interment Union Cemetery, Symmes Township. Donations in memory of Bev may be directed to the family. Funeral Home: Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Home & Cremation Center - Loveland 129 Riverside Drive Loveland, OH US 45140