Beverly Mae Lambert's Obituary
Beverly was born April 24, 1931 in Minot, ND to Reinold Erdman and Mattie Belle Irwin. She moved to Seattle, WA in 1942 at the age of eleven. When Beverly was sixteen, she married Theodore Emery and had two children: Deborah Ann and Richard Theodore. In 1956, Beverly relocated to Tacoma, WA where she was remarried to Fred Lambert and had two more children: Tracy Lynn and Kelly Jean. Beverly remained in Tacoma for 53 years
and peacefully passed away at home.
Beverly worked in the laundry business from the age of thirteen and worked at Peerless Laundry in Tacoma, WA for 21 years. She spent her retirement playing bingo, listening to Ichabod Cane on KMPS in the mornings and watching Steve Poole: the Weatherman, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire with her little dog Max.
Beverly was preceded in death by her son Richard (Ric) Emery and survived by her two brothers, Richard Erdman and Thomas Whitman, three daughters, Deborah (Allen) Lessenger, Tracy (Jay) Stanley, and Kelly Maners, eight grandchildren, Darryl (Rebekah) Lessenger, Vicki (Steve) Bechter, Frederick (Amy) Lessenger, Gregory Lessenger, Chad Emery, Nina Emery, Allyson (Clayton) Overman, and Michael Czapiewski, and seven great-grandchildren Carly, Cami, and Macy Bechter, Colton Lessenger, Quinten and Brayden Overman,
and Michael Czapiewski Jr.
Beverly was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be missed.
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