Beverly B. Kropp

The daughter of the late Samuel L. and Alice C. Brown, she was a graduate of Southern Seminary and worked as secretary to the President of Ohio State University; the administrative assistant to the President of Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. and as a realtor. She was past president of the Copley Hospital Auxiliary in Aurora, Illinois, a member of St. Giles Episcopal Chapel at Deerfield and a member of the Hendersonville Shrine Club Auxiliary.

Mrs. Kropp is survived by her husband, Richard V. Kropp; two sisters, Janet B. Schad of Mentor, Ohio and Alice B. Fletcher of Bakersfield, Calif. and seven nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2 pm Tuesday in the Blue Ridge Room of the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Center.

Memorials may be made to the Deerfield Residents’ Assistance Fund, 1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or to the Hendersonville Shrine Club for Shriners Children’s Hospitals, P.O. Box 1901, Hendersonville, NC 28793.

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is in charge of arrangements.