Beverly J. Culbert, 84, of Lebanon, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, at home. She was the wife of the late Peter A. Culbert.
Beverly was born in Reading, PA, to the late Harold and Emeline (Miller) Dry, who are buried in Rockwall, TX, where they lived for 15 years before they passed away. Emeline was born in Robesonia, and Harold in Reading. Harold was a police officer. He worked at a gas station and delivered ice for refrigeration until he joined the U.S. Army; flat feet and all, they took him. While in the Army, the family stayed mostly in Virginia and Georgia, then eventually moved back to Lebanon, PA. Beverly went to Ebenezer and then South Lebanon School from 1953 to 1963.
As a young adult, she lived in Rockwall, TX, and worked at Rainbows End Day Care as a teacher and later in life at Texas Instruments as an electrician, helper, and painter. Beverly was known as B.J. at Texas Instruments. She loved being part of the volleyball team and studying to be an electrician. She stayed working there for many years until she finally decided the job wasn’t worth it when she lost two of her friends when a transformer blew up on them. She worked in Lebanon at the EWCI Packer warehouse and the snack bar at the Good Samaritan Hospital until she retired in 1996 due to health issues. She joined the Rescue Ladies Aux. from February 2003 until closing. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Heath, TX.
Beverly’s husband, children, and grandchildren were her whole life. She would always say how much she loved them and would be watching over them and always be with them until they are together again someday.
Beverly is survived by her children, Peter K. Culbert, Glenn Crockett, Sheri Black, Kristin Winters, and Tracey Zehring, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was the last of her immediate family.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, at Thompson Funeral Home Inc., 126 S. 9th St., Lebanon, PA 17042. Interment will follow at Grand View Memorial Park. A viewing will be held prior to the service from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Beverly’s name may be made to the Humane Society of Lebanon County, 150 N. Ramona Road, Myerstown, PA 17067. The family welcomes your memories and messages in Thompson Funeral Home’s online guest book at thompsonfuneralhomelebanon.com.
