Beverly Jane Barrios

BEVERLY JANE BARRIOS, A NATIVE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019 AT HOME, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY. SHE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1937, TO JOHN AND EVELYN BUDAR. SHE MARRIED HER SWEETHEART, ROBERT (PAPPY) BARRIOS, ON DECEMBER 4, 1970, AND BLENDED THEIR FAMILY OF 9 CHILDREN, DEBBIE HERNANDEZ; ROBERT BARRIOS; CAROLYN (SUSIE)WOOD; DEE BARRIOS; DANIEL BARRIOS (DEBBIE); DONALD BARRIOS JR; DAVID BARRIOS; LITA MOORE (MIKE); JESS BARRIOS (LYNN). BEVERLY WORKED AS A WAITRESS AT SISTER'S INN, MAMA JO AND PAPA T'S AND LELA'S FRIED CHICKEN, THEN AS A FOOD PACKER AT BRENDLIN-RICE COMPANY BEFORE THE COMPANY MOVED. IN 1970, SHE BECAME A CERTIFIED NURSE'S AID AND BEGAN CARING FOR THE ELDERLY. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERED AS A NURSE AT SAN LUIS JUNIOR HIGH IN 1976 - 1977. WHEN THE KIDS WERE YOUNGER, SHE AND PAPPY WOULD OFTEN TAKE THEM ON ROAD TRIPS IN THE MOTORHOME OR BUS, AND LATER ON, IT WAS THE GRANDKIDS TOO. IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE LOVED TO SEW AND PLAY BINGO. SHE WOULD HIT THE CHUMASH CASINO WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN SHE COULD, OFTEN TIMES CATCHING THE "BINGO BUS!" SHE WAS A PAST MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST. HER FAMILY ROOTS RUN DEEP IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND HER GREAT - GRANDFATHER, FRANK HERRERA, ONCE OWNED THE POZO SALOON HER FAMILY ALSO OWNED LAND AROUND THE MISSION. BEV WAS FEISTY BUT ALWAYS FULL OF LOVE AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE. SHE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED GRANDSONS, STEVIE MAGNIA; REGGIE MAGNIA; ANTHONY BARRIOS; SON HENRY WOOD; DAUGHTER KRISTIE BARRIOS; SISTERS LAVERNE (POLLY) JONES; ELLENE (CHUCKIE)WILLIAMS; BROTHERS LOUIS BUDAR; MARION BUDAR. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF 48 YEARS, 9 CHILDREN, 41 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT - GREAT GRANDSON, SISTERS DOROTHY WITHERS; ELEANOR (PEGGY) NOGALES; BROTHERS LARRY BUDAR (LINDA); JOHN BUDAR; AND MANY, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND THOSE WHO BECAME HER "CHILDREN." PAPPY LOVED HIS "SWEET THING" AND TOOK THE MOST AMAZING CARE OF HER UNTIL HER LAST DAY. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AUGUST 3, 2019 AT 10AM AT REIS FAMILY MORTUARY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AT LOS OSOS VALLEY MEMORIAL PARK IN LOS OSOS, CA. A BBQ RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING, 209 SURF ST., MORRO BAY. FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, A VIEWING WILL HE HELD AT REIS FAMILY MORTUARY ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019 FROM 5-7PM.

Beverly Jane Barrios

September 14, 1937 - July 21, 2019