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, Jonni Roush, Menomonee Falls, WI, Jayne (Roger) Horton, Arizona City, AZ, and John Ebert, Thunder Hawk, SD; six grandchildren, Jay (Delanie) Roush, Jennifer Roush, Justin (Susan) Ebert, Jeremy (Chantel) Ebert, Julie (Brad) Ebert-Smith, Jodie (Joe) Ebert; eight great-grandchildren, Kallie and Zach Roush, Jilian, Jackson, Jacob, Jordon Ebert, and Cole Ebert and Carsten Smith; and two sisters-in-law, Marie Edwards, Lemmon, SD, and Eldora Johnson, Eagan, MN.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, S.J. Ebert; two sisters, Evelyn and Donna; and one brother, John "Chuck" Summers.