Elaine Evelyn Brevick

My dad and Elaine came to visit our home in Maryland early November 2013. During the visit we went to see her college roommate, took in a live performance of `Guys and Dolls", visited Fort McHenry in Baltimore, and toured the waterfront area. Before leaving, grandma wanted to have an impromptu Thanksgiving meal together, so we made a trip to a grocery store to grab a few items. We purposefully took her to a two story Wegman´s that had a shopping cart escalator, which we thought was novel. ...

Dear Grandma Elaine,
I unknowingly gave you your last hug a year and four months ago. You were deliriously happy to have company and play with my daughter. With Drew’s help we “broke you out” of Seminole Shores for a few hours to soak in the beauty of Lake Michigan and splurge on ice-cream. As my cousin remarked, “It was a GOOD day.” With the onset of COVID-19 we were relegated to cards, photos, and video chats—one of the last of which I plinked out “What a friend we have in Jesus” on...

About ten years ago, before her hip replacement surgery, Elaine walked with a modified platform shoe and steadied herself using a large wooden staff of unknown origin, which she referred to as a cudgel. While playing trivia on St. Patrick’s Day at a little pub in the Virgin Islands, Elaine navigated between the tables and chairs of our large group to reach the moderator for a special prize. He joked about her carrying an Irish shillelagh while handing her a shamrock necklace, and as she...

I met Elaine at Church. She was a very independent woman. As I got to know her better when she would visit at Hillcrest nursing home where I worked I learned she was bravely riding her bicycle where she wanted to go when she wanted to go. She was a faithful visitor and a strong example of God's grace. She opened her home to others as well. I tried to protect her when she wanted to share her home with a person I was sending home. I said Mrs. Brevick I never send someone home without them...

Elaine touched my heart as a child and still does today. Praying that Heavenly Father’s Spirit will be with you as you grieve. I send you prayers of healing and comfort during this time of loss.
Christine Cooke Livingston