Paid Notice: Beloved wife, mother, mother in law, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, Beverly Jane Grimes, age 86, passed away, at her home in East Hampton, New York on August 17, 2025 surrounded by loved ones.
She was born on August 1, 1939 in Troy, New York to the late Raymond and Jane (Swarthout) Trembly. Most of her early years and education were spent in New York, supporting her family at their business before and after WWII, attending high school at Russell Sage, and thereafter Ithaca College.
It was in her Comparative Vertebrae Anatomy course where she met Daniel Grimes, of Montauk, New York who she married soon after on November 26, 1960. Rather than pursuing a career in nursing, Beverly honorably raised five children, Daniel Shaun Grimes of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, Holly Rubenstein of East Hampton, New York, Julia Barnhouse of Melbourne, Florida, Pamela Grimes of Stuttgart, Germany, and Bonnie Thorsen of East Hampton, New York. Her life was devoted to them through their early years when living in various States, embracing and actively engaging in those communities, until finally settling down in East Hampton in 1976.
Her children remember her presence in supporting them in anything they did, whether it was sewing for a 4-H project, making a halloween costume, driving a car with load of friends to an EH away game, driving her van to take one of them to college or sitting in the stands or auditorium seats proudly watching one of their events or recitals.
As a non-local and an only child, nothing hindered her from being part of local organizations, joining clubs, meeting up with family and friends – her outgoing personality, positivity and contagious smile shown as she engrossed group gatherings.
Through the years, she helped support her family financially through odd jobs. Later she took on a full-time school reception position at the East Hampton High School. She touched so many lives there too who came and went through the years.
Outside of family and friends, she enjoyed the serenity of the beach, was a life-long reader, tennis enthusiast, dedicated bridge and Mahjong player, and a worldly traveler.
In addition to her husband, five children and their spouses, Natalie, Scott, Timothy, Thomas, and Paul, she leaves behind 13 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and one on the way – all of whom will carry on her legacy.
Beverly has courageously and gracefully battled leukemia over the past four years. We thank the Stony Brook Southampton Cancer Center (SB Cancer) and East End Hospice Care (EEH.org) for their professional support, guidance and loving care provided to her. In lieu of gifts and flowers, memorials may be made in Beverly’s name to either of these organizations. A mass will be held at Most Holy Trinity on Thursday August 21st @ 10am, with a Celebration of Life to follow. We will always carry her memory in our hearts.
