LaVerne Brewer 11/12/1925 to 5/23/2007 LaVerne lived for her family. She coaxed God into giving her 9 lives and showed her gratitude by living each one of them to the fullest. She relished life’s simple pleasures: “Skippo” and scrabble games with her grandchildren, the “penny slots”, winning “best costume” contests at Halloween, the wonders of Christmas, weekends at Lake Geneva with her beloved Joe. In her 50’s she decided to earn her G.E.D. and went on to graduate with honors from NorthEastern Illinois University. LaVerne is survived by her children, Janet Brewer of Mountain View CA; and her son James Brewer of San Jose CA; her grandchildren, Casandra Recio (Robert) and Christopher Brewer both of Poway CA; her loving companion Joseph Wolf of Chicago IL; her son-in-law Richard Woolley of Mtn View CA; her former daughter-in-law Marjorie Hutton Brewer Oca of Poway CA; her uncle William Richert of Sun City West AZ; her aunt Thelma Richert of Onalaska WI; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She was preceded in death by her sister Alice Krueger, her brothers, Kenneth and Paul Jr., and her former husband, Robert Brewer. Services were held in Mountain View, California. Family and friends are invited to a short gravesite service at 11 a.m. on Saturday June 2nd at Ridgewood Cemetery, Des Plaines, where LaVerne will be interred next to her parents Frieda, nee Arndt and Paul Richert, and her brother, Paul Jr.
