BEVERLY: Beatrice I. (St. Pierre) Papa, 88, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in the Blueberry Hill Healthcare following a brief illness. She was the devoted wife of the late Rockey Papa who died in November 2011.
Born in Beverly on August 19, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Marion (St. Onge) St. Pierre. She was a lifelong resident of Beverly.
Beatrice enjoyed spending time with her family as well as sewing and cooking and would never turn down a trip to Foxwoods. She also once owned and operated Lena’s Sub Shop in Beverly for several years.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and Peter Hamor of Beverly and Joanne and Robert Abrams of Essex, two granddaughters, Deirdre Coluntino and her husband, Conti of Beverly Farms and Noel Pallazola and her husband, Thomas of Manchester-by-the-Sea; four great-grandchildren, Ralph and Peter Coluntino and Cosmo and Cagney Pallazola; a brother, Arthur St. Pierre of Miami, FL; two sisters-in-law, Yolanda Lunn and Marguerite Bettencourt both of Beverly and many nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her sister, Louise Shepard and her brother, Ronald St. Pierre.
Her funeral service will be privately held in the St. Mary’s Cemetery, Beverly at the convenience of the family. There are no visiting hours. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923.
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