Beverly Joyce Gregory

Beverly Joyce Gregory was born October 5, 1940 and passed away February 18, 2018 at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, WI. After battling cancer for the last few months, she succumbed to complications following surgery, surrounded by her loving family.

Bev attended Oshkosh High School where she was a member of the Drum and Bugle Corps. She then went on to become a surgical nurse at Mercy Medical Center and later a CNA at Evergreen Manor, and was very proud to have been a nurse. She was an avid churchgoer, and spent a lot of time with her large family.

She was preceded in death by her husband Billy Gregory; parents, Ruth and Clifford Drew; her brothers, Bill “Willy” and Clifford Drew; sister, Marlene “Sis” Drew; and sister-in-law, Phyllis Drew. She is survived by her brother, Carl “Buck” Drew; sisters-in-law Diana Drew and Shirley Drew; her daughters, Misty (Craig) Hawley, Julie (Frank) Tessen-Keller, Jodie Jones, Kay (Bill) Hentz, and Renee Bates. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Kimberly Hawley, Erin (Michael) Schuh, Tosha (Alex) Tessen-McDonald, Lee Hopfensperger, Tamara Jones, Brent Jones, Jeremy Hentz, Jason Hentz, Alicia Hentz, Amelia Bates, Harper Rost, Gretchen Rost; and great-granddaughter, Annabelle Jo Hopfensperger.

Visitation will be from 9:30 am until the time of service at 11 am on Saturday, Feb 24, 2018 at Zion Lutheran Church (400 N. Sawyer St) in Oshkosh.

The family would like to extend their thanks to her neighbors Gary and Dawn Lux and Steph and Greg Brooks who helped her around the house, and to the doctors and nursing staff of Evergreen Manor and Aurora Medical Center of Grafton.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.