Brent Beer

Portage – Brent Beer, age 80, of Portage, WI and Tucson, AZ, died on Friday, September 26, 2014.  He was born February 12, 1934, in Fitchburg, MA, to Francis and Gladys Beer.  He resided in Penacook, NH, until moving to Delmar, NY and graduating from Bethlehem Central High School in 1952.  He attended the University of Vermont and married the former Sherry Young November 12, 1954 in Hollywood, FL. 

Brent was many times club champion at Normanside Country Club, Elsmere, NY; Maple Bluff Country Club, Madison, WI; and Oro Valley Country Club, Tucson, AZ.  He was named Madison City Champion in 1966, 1978 and 1993; and Pima County champion in 1986.  He lived for golf and was proud of his accomplishments therein.  His occupations included insurance claims investigator and negotiator, retiring as a claims manager.

He is survived by Sherry, his spouse of 59 years; daughter, Bonnie (Tim Shaw) Beer, Madison; son, Barre Beer, Wisconsin Dells; and grandchildren, Rachael, Andreana and Nicodemous Smetak, Cottage Grove, TN, and son-in-law, Jerry Smetak and his wife Annette; a brother, Brian (Margaret) Napa, CA.  He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Bennie Jo Smetak; and grandson, Zaccheus Smetak.  There will be no services.  Memorials may be made to the Evans Scholarship Fund. 

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