posted by Joe Polk at 1:27 AM /
Imported cars were oddities in 1949 when John Biery staked his life to them. Mr. Biery had returned from war and, with a wife from California and a growing family, opened a shop for European cars, Beverly Service, in Mt. Lebanon.
The niche business grew so popular that he couldn't take new customers. Some stayed loyal for decades. Sixty years later, Beverly Service still shapes the lives of Mr. Biery's family and friends, even without him in the garage.
John W. Biery, an Army Air Corps veteran who ran Beverly Service for 40 years before turning it over to a son, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, from natural causes. He was 87. "(He) was an institution in Mt. Lebanon," said George Fechter of Mt. Washington, a customer since the 1970s.
Read more: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_658864.html
The niche business grew so popular that he couldn't take new customers. Some stayed loyal for decades. Sixty years later, Beverly Service still shapes the lives of Mr. Biery's family and friends, even without him in the garage.
John W. Biery, an Army Air Corps veteran who ran Beverly Service for 40 years before turning it over to a son, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, from natural causes. He was 87. "(He) was an institution in Mt. Lebanon," said George Fechter of Mt. Washington, a customer since the 1970s.
Read more: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_658864.html
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