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Elizabeth Emma “Beth” Summers Ebert

Birth	:	24 Feb 1925 South Dakota, USA
Death	:	20 Mar 2018 Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.3689003, -103.4753036
Plot	:	P_48
Description	:	Elizabeth Ebert February 24, 1925 - March 20, 2018 A Celebration of Life Service for Elizabeth Ebert, age 93, of Thunder Hawk, SD, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon, SD, with Pastor Carin Bear officiating. Elizabeth Summers was born on February 24, 1925 at Thunder Hawk, SD, to John and Alma (Pearson) Summers. She was the second of four siblings. She attended rural schools and graduated from Thunder Hawk High Schools in 1942. Beth attended Black Hills Secretary School and... Read More	Elizabeth Ebert February 24, 1925 - March 20, 2018 A Celebration of Life Service for Elizabeth Ebert, age 93, of Thunder Hawk, SD, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon, SD, with Pastor Carin Bear officiating. Elizabeth Summers was born on February 24, 1925 at Thunder Hawk, SD, to John and Alma (Pearson) Summers. She was the second of four siblings. She attended rural schools and graduated from Thunder Hawk High Schools in 1942. Beth attended Black Hills Secretary School and The University of Minnesota. Following her schooling she worked at the Bank of Lemmon, the Morristown Bank, and the Thunder Hawk Co-op. She married S.J. Ebert on March 20, 1946 and they resided on a farm and ranch in the Thunder Hawk Community for all of their 62 years of marriage. S.J. died on August 18, 2008. Always a lover of words and rhyme, Elizabeth began reciting her poems about western life publicly in the late 1980's. She and S.J. traveled extensively coast to coast in search of rocks for S.J. and attending poetry gatherings. Beth passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at the CHI St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND. Beth is survived by her three children; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, S.J. Ebert; two sisters, Evelyn and Donna; and one brother, John "Chuck" Summers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 4, 2018 Hail and Farewell: Elizabeth Ebert, "Grand Dame of Cowboy Poetry," 1925-2018 by Simon Reichley Definitely a cowgirl, possibly also a poet. Buckaroos, bertsolariak, and vaqueros, please remove your Stetson and join us in a moment of silence as we honor the memory of Elizabeth Ebert, the "Grand Dame of Cowboy Poetry," who passed away on March 20th, at the age of ninety-three. Ebert was perhaps the best loved and most talented cowboy poet of her generation, though it wasn't until her sixties that she began to share her writing with the world. According to Carson Vaughan, who has written about Ebert and cowboy poetry in American Cowboy and the New Yorker, and who wrote a New York Times obituary for Ebert this week, the now-legendary cowgirl poet first performed in 1989, at a cowboy poetry gathering in Medora, North Dakota. Ebert's star rose quickly after that first reading. Baxter Black, a cowboy poet who once performed on the Johnny Carson show, and who had been the form's most prominent practitioner, immediately recognized Ebert's talent, and began encouraging her to submit her work to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, the largest and most prestigious such event in the country. She performed there for the first time in 1991, and for the last in 2016. As a young woman, Ebert had been an admirer of Dorothy Parker. She left home to study journalism and creative writing in Minneapolis, and lived for a year in Washington DC waiting tables. As she told Vaughan in 2016, "At the time I admired Parker's long cigarette holder and wished to go to New York and hobnob with the literati" — but after a year in the city, "all I wanted was a piece of prairie that I could call my own and a lot fewer people around." Later in life she came to think of Parker's poetry as "cynical and slightly smutty." Ebert published two collections of poetry in her life, Crazy Quilt in 1997, and Prairie Wife in 2006. She also appeared on two albums, Live from Thunder Hawk and Where the Buffalo Rhyme. One of her best loved poems, "He Talked About Montana," can be read here. Simon Reichley is the Director of Operations and Rights Manager at Melville House.

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Where is Elizabeth Emma “Beth” Summers Ebert's memorial?
Elizabeth Emma “Beth” Summers Ebert's memorial is located at: Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, USA.
When did Elizabeth Emma “Beth” Summers Ebert death?
Elizabeth Emma “Beth” Summers Ebert death on 20 Mar 2018 in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.3689003
Longitude: -103.4753036

Family Members:

Parent

John B Summers

(1895 - 1969)

Alma Pearson Summers

(1898 - 1984)

Spouse

TEC 4 Selmer August Johannes “S.J.” Ebert

(1914 - 2008)

Siblings

Donna Elaine Summers

(1938 - 1951)

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