Cheryl Eugenie Fritts-Beck

Cheryl also known as Cheri by family and close friends was born in Culver City, CA on April 9, 1946, and passed away Sept 30th in Fountain Hills, Arizona, after a 3-year battle with kidney disease and recent cancer.

Cheri is survived by her daughter, Christine Beck, son-in-law, Peter, and grandchildren, Kate Collier of San Diego and Aidan Beck of Portland, Oregon. Cheri is also survived by her sisters, Loana Juvinall, Valerie Gillis, and Lilliam Burkett, and several nieces and nephews. Cheri was preceded in death by her parents, Orford and Nancylee Juvinall and brothers Todd and Gaylord Juvinall.

She worked in the commercial construction world for over 35 years in several venues: a private general contractor in San Francisco, construction management firms in Oakland and San Diego and public agencies such as the University of California Davis in capital projects, City of Sacramento and State of California Department of Parks and Recreation in Contracts, as Contract Analyst. She truly loved her work and excelled at it. She retired in 2016.

Over the years, Cheri enjoyed the needle arts, having learned to sew at age 12. She made many of her own dresses as well as clothes for her daughter including a prom dress and her first wedding dress. She was an avid embroidery cross stitcher and crocheter and a reader of mysteries.

Cremation will be performed by the Neptune Society of Tempe, Arizona and as requested her ashes released into the ocean along the California coast, one of her favorite places, as she always said the ocean sound brought her peace of mine. She also requested that no service or memorial will be held.