SCOTT-CORCORAN, Beverly Dawn

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Published Sunday, August 5, 2012 - Beverly Dawn Scott-Corcoran, 65, passed away in Mesa, Ariz., July 29, 2012 with her family by her side. She was born in St. Joseph, Mo., March 15, 1947, to Robert J. and Norma Dawn (Tedlock) Mundell. Beverly was raised in Gallatin, Mo., and graduated from Gallatin High School and Trenton Jr. College. She moved to Lake Havasu City in 1967, working in the family business, Mundell's Drive-In. She later became a deputy with the Mohave County Sheriff's Department, where among her duties was to watch over the fenced compound where the London Bridge was stored. In 1977, Beverly married Bert Scott, Havasu's first Magistrate Judge. After Bert's death in 1986, Beverly went to work for DES, where she met and married John Corcoran in 1994. Her desire to help people was seen in her work in Vocational Rehabilitation at DES, where she retired in February 2012. Beverly had a great passion and love for all animals, domestic and wild. He love for cats is legendary. She will be deeply missed. Beverly is survived by her mother, Norma Mundell, of Lake Havasu City; sister, Linda (Doug) Ray, of Mesa, Ariz.; brother, Lynn Mundell, of Tulsa, Okla.; and a niece and nephew. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Bert L. Scott and John. R. Corcoran; and her father, Robert J. Mundell. Funeral Services will be at Lake Havasu Mortuary Chapel Tuesday, at noon. Burial will immediately follow at Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens. Contributions can be made in Beverly's name to the Cancer Association of Havasu, PO Box 1410, LHC, AZ. 86405 or Southwest Wildlife, PMB#115, 8711 E. Pinnacle Peak, Scottsdale, AZ. 85255. Thoughts and condolences can be sent directly to the family or through www.lakehavasumortuary.com. Arrangements are under the care of Lake Havasu Mortuary and Crematory.