Beth Ann McCarty

Beth Ann McCarty (Finke) was taken to heaven on May 23rd at 12:21 PM. Holding her hand as she took her last breath David and Beth shared a love that will live forever. While it was a life cut too short it was a life lived to the fullest!

Born in Euclid Ohio she attended Euclid High School and then THE Ohio State University. Upon completing graduation she moved back to Euclid and worked at University Hospitals in the Genetic Research Lab. Beth loved science and numbers and figuring out ways to solve complex problems and she had her name published on several studies. She left University Hospital to help the family business which focused on the transportation industry. With taking on a sales/customer service role she excelled in building relationships and handling international and domestic business growth where her outgoing personality shined through. For the past seven years she enjoyed her true passion being at home helping her two daughters, Miriam and Emma, navigate high school and college and ultimately “adulting” life. She also put up with her husband David who still to this day is the luckiest guy in the world to have had such a beautiful and kind hearted person put up with him!

Beth enjoyed cooking and making many different meals and David and Beth would look at recipes together to pass along. As Miriam and Emma got older they learned from their mother and are both great cooks which brings a smile to their dad’s face and Beth’s as she is by their side. Many of the family memories are of cooking and having a glass of wine or two and sitting down with the girls, extended family, or friends for a meal and conversation. Being at home was a sanctuary as Beth loved sitting at one of the family fire pits and was not satisfied until her clothes smelled of smoke and she got to move the wood around so “the fire” was on her side. Many evenings and days were spent on the front porch just talking about life and how blessed the family was. The family traveled from coast to coast and filled their hearts and minds with love and memories. Beth’s favorite spot was in Florida on the Gulf Coast at the family beach house where they would go to the beach every day and she was not happy until her chair was right on the water's edge and her feet were getting wet.

Playing a big role in her life was her twin Bev as they had the “twin telepathy” going on. Sitting at the campground in Chautauqua was a favorite sister getaway. Her adopted sistas’ were Joanne, Diane and Carol ( David’s sisters) and they cooked many meals, drank many glasses of wine and traveled together. Truly appreciate the support of Great Aunt Bev/ Uncle Skip and cousin Carey/Dave for supporting Beth and for loving up on Miriam and Emma as they were in Columbus.

To our neighbors on Camelot we have to thank the “Queens”; Anne-Marie, Carlyn, Angie, Jill and Dee for their support. To the “Kings” of Camelot we want to thank Andy, Rob, Mark, Jim and Rob and of course all of the extended kids as we had a court of 17 on the street. For over 27 years we have grown and shared many epic gatherings. To our new neighbors on the street we thank you for your support and brief time with Beth and we look forward to making new memories and sharing stories about her. To the many friends in the Chesterland community Beth cherished all of you. From making costumes for the elementary school plays to hosting the High School Band Crew for many sleepovers and fire pit gatherings!

We could not have gotten through these last 9 months without all of your love, prayers, help and support from everyone and Beth truly followed the quote that, “And in the end it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years.”

A celebration of life and “Dance Party” will take place in the near future as we coordinate and plan and determine location. No services will be held at a funeral home and we ask that if you want to donate please send whatever your heart tells you to do to these charities of your choice- www.myclevelandclinic.org (select giving)- Justin T. Rodgers Hospice Care Center or www.rescuevillage.org -Geauga Humane Society Rescue Village