Brewer, Beverly J. 84 6/21/1925 1/7/2010 Beverly J. Brewer, 84, a longtime resident of the Hillsboro community, died Thursday evening, Jan. 7, 2010, at the Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro. She was surrounded by her family and friends at her passing. A graveside ser-vice will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in the Mountain View Memorial Garden, 499 Watercrest Road in Forest Grove. A remembrance service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in the Hillsboro Seventh-day Adventist Church, 367 N.E. Grant Street, Hillsboro, with the Rev. Vio Rosca officiating. Family and friends are invited to attend a reception immediately following the ceremony, to be held in the fellowship room of the church. Beverly J. Brewer was born June 21, 1925, in Oakland, Calif., the first child of the late Edward Jenkins and Marybell (Jasper) Jenkins. She was raised and received her education in the Oakland community, graduating early and with honors from Fremont High School and later attending business school. Beverly met her future husband, James Calvin "Jim" Brewer while he was serving on the crew of the USS Reno in the U.S. Navy, stationed at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. They met at an amusement park, Playland at the Beach. They were instantly attracted to each other (Bev says love at first sight) and soon became engaged to be married. Following Jim's return on the USS Reno from the South Pacific to dry dock for repairs to Charleston Shipyard, S.C., Beverly crossed the country by train and joined him there. They were united in marriage June 11, 1945. Following their marriage they resided in the communities of Milton-Freewater, LaGrande and Parkrose. They moved to the Hillsboro community in 1959, where Beverly made her home for over 50 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, June 4, 2006, in Hillsboro, after celebrating over 60 years of marriage together. Their relationship was a pure reflection and embodiment of love. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and two of her three children, Constance, who died in infancy and Marjorie, who died unexpectedly Dec. 28, 2001. Beverly had worked as an office manager for Gratteri's Les Schwab Tire Company in Hillsboro. She worked for the Gratteri family for 16 years, until she retired in 1981. She was a dedicated and lifelong member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and was highly involved in various tasks at the Hillsboro SDA church for 50 years. She had a number of interests, mostly craft related, and was always busy with some form of project. Family had always been her main focus and she was willing to help whenever she could. Beverly was an active woman to the time of her passing. She lived independently, picked up her grandson from school several days a week and worked in her son's office three mornings a week. She always approached life with a positive and cheerful countenance and volunteered frequently for projects in the community and in her church. Survivors include her son, Thomas J. Brewer; and grandson, Calvin A. Brewer of Portland. She is also survived by her former daughter-in-law, Pamela J. Erno, whom she considered as her own daughter; sister, Vivian Holman of Baltimore, Md.; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family suggests that remembrances may be made to the Worthy Student Fund of Hillsboro Seventh-day Adventist Church, 367 N.E. Grant St., Hillsboro, OR 97124, in her memory. To sign the online guest book or to send a condolence to the family go to www.fuitenrosehoyt.com. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove is in charge of the arrangements, 503-357-2161. Published in The Oregonian on January 17, 2010