Marian Delta Brewer

Marian Delta Amos Brewer, beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, passed away on December 2nd at Crismon Peaks Assisted Living in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. She was born in Lakeside,Navajo County, Arizona, on May 14, 1926 to Paul E. and Merintha Penrod Amos, the fourth of seven children. She grew up in Whiteriver and graduated high school in Snowflake. After high school she worked as a switchboard operator in Whiteriver and then at the Goodyear Aircraft Defense Plant in Phoenix. She returned to Whiteriver after a year and on her twentieth birthday met Harry Lee Brewer at a dance in Lakeside. He was a returned Marine veteran and as she always said "the most handsome man I had ever set eyes on". They were married in Holbrook after five dates, and enjoyed sixty-four wonderful and loving years together. After getting married, they moved to San Diego for a few years before returning to Whiteriver where Delta was employed with the White Mountain Apache Tribe, starting as a payroll clerk and retiring twenty years later as the Tribal Administrative Officer. Delta is survived by her daughter Coleen Lee (Brian) Veach, son-in-law Richard J. Palmer, Sr.; three grandchildren: Caryn Lee (Tyler) Wagenfehr, Melinda Danielle (Mark) Gardner, and Richard J. (Ildiko) Palmer, Jr., one step-grandson: Derrick Veach; four great-grandchildren: Julia Lee Wagenfehr, Alana Danielle Gardner, Melanie Noelle Gardner, Anthony Chad Gardner; sister: Gertude Ellison, brother: Paul Amos, Jr., and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harry Lee Brewer, her daughter, Chadeen Lee Palmer and brothers, George Amos, Bill Amos, Melvin Amos and Marvin Amos. Funeral Services will be held at the Pinetop Lakes Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pinetop, Arizona, at 10:00 am, on Saturday, December 10, 2011. Graveside service and burial will be at the Brewer Family Plot at Post Office Canyon.