A smile comes to my face w/ the memory of Aunt Bev jitterbugging along w/ Uncle Joey in my wedding video!!!! Shall remember them both that way: big smiles/ joy filled/dancing...
To my cousins & their families... My sincerest condolences to you all.....
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Dave, Mark, Nicole, & Family,
It is hard to fathom a world without Beverly in it. So many of my memories of the significant moments in my life have her in them. As a small child, I remember being at the house in Irondequoit, playing hide and seek with Joey, Dave, & Mark, falling off the bed, banging my head, and calling for my Mommy! Somehow Bev knew just what to do to soothe me. She kissed and hugged me – drying my tears, calming my fears, telling me my Mommy and Daddy would be back to get me soon. My parents would return, but it was an added security to know she loved me, and I felt as safe with her as I was with my parents.
Over the years, I spent countless nights sleeping at the Mattia’s house in Hilton while my parents worked. Dave & Mark – remember the woods she made us clean out? For years I could never figure out why she had us do that. But one day, it dawned on me – it was to get four kids out of the house and focus their energy. For us, it was torture, but for Bev, it was probably a sanity break! I still laugh thinking about those days, all those hours and hours picking up leaves and stick (let’s be honest, it was probably ten minutes a day, but it felt like an eternity when you were 8 or 9).
Bev first ignited my interest in psychology when she introduced it to me years ago. She would talk to me for hours as a contemporary and listen to my thoughts on different positions. Beverly was the first adult who listened to me and made me feel like a grown-up. She is a big reason I always try to make kids feel like they are heard and that their thoughts and opinions matter. Beverly made me feel like I mattered – no matter what.
Bev was great with birthdays. For years she would make my Dad her famous strawberry pie, and on my 21st birthday, Beverly brought me a bottle of champagne and flowers to toast the milestone. What an unbelievable gesture that was and how special she made us feel.
More times than I can count – and as recently as the summer of 2022 – when I was home for a visit – I found Bev and my mom Joannie at the table playing Scrabble. I sat and listened to them talk, laugh, and tease each other like sisters and marveled at how beautiful their friendship was. How blessed they were to have each other.
The group of St. Agnes Girls and Beyond - How lucky they were to have each other in their group of “the girls.” What a group it is – Bev, Joannie, Mary, Linda, JoAnn, Dorthey, Nancy, Phyllis, Marie, Dottie, Helen, Sue, and all the other St. Agnes Girls! The ladies shared much history. The teen years, the twenties, growing up, dating, weddings, marriages, pregnancies, raising kids, careers, empty nests, grandchildren, illness, divorces, and some tough losses of parents, children, and husbands. The ladies went through the joys and sorrows of life. They bickered only friends for a lifetime can and could be honest in a way not many women are with each other. The few times I saw them all together, it was always with the joy of being together and filled with laughter. The next time they gather, it will be bittersweet, I am sure– knowing their dear friend Bev won’t be joining them – but I will bet she will be floating above and clinking a glass of wine with them – to toast a life well lived.
For her children and grandchildren – I pray for the comfort of knowing she loved you each madly and was proud of you every single one of you. I know she is with Joey and is up there with him and Joe, watching us all. Many people out in the world loved your mom and grandma. She will never be completely gone because of the love, laughter, smiles, and memories she has blessed us all with.
I am sending lots of love from Charlotte, N.C.
Jennifer (Muscolino) and Scott LaDue

Nicole and Family, Our deepest sympathy to you on the tremendous loss of your beautiful Mom. We are thinking of you. Your Friends at Freed Maxick CPAs