Beverly Ann Jewell

BEVERLY ANN JEWELL, 80, FORMERLY OF ROCHESTER, NH, AND BROOKSVILLE, FL, PASSED PEACEFULLY AT HARMONY HOMES BY THE BAY IN DURHAM, NH ON JANUARY 10, 2021. BEVERLY WAS BORN APRIL 17, 1940, IN DOVER, NH, TO THE LATE FRED AND IRENE (TURNER) JEWELL. BEV ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ST MARY'S SCHOOL AND CONTINUED HER FRIENDSHIPS MADE THERE THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. SHE MARRIED DENIS GAUDREAU AND THEY RAISED THEIR FOUR DAUGHTERS TOGETHER IN DOVER, NH. BEV WORKED FOR DOVER DAY CARE CENTER, STRAFFORD NATIONAL BANK AND THERMO-FISHER SCIENTIFIC. SHE WAS A VERY TALENTED QUILTER AND KNITTER WHO MADE MANY BEAUTIFUL QUILTS, SWEATERS, SOCKS, HATS AND BABY SWEATER SETS THAT WERE CHERISHED GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE LOVED SPOILING HER CATS AND HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE LOVED GOING TO AUCTIONS, RESEARCHING HER FAMILY GENEOLOGY, SHOPPING AND GOING OUT TO LUNCH WITH HER FRIENDS. SHE ALMOST NEVER DROVE PAST A YARDSALE WITHOUT STOPPING AND LOVED COLLECTING THINGS, WHICH MADE PACKING AND MOVING HER HOME A LESSON IN MINIMALISM TO ALL INVOLVED. SHE ENJOYED THE MANY NEW FRIENDSHIPS SHE MADE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND STAFF AT HARMONY HOMES. SHE LOVED PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITIES THERE AND FOUND A NEW TALENT WITH PAINTING. BEVERLY IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER FRED (BARBARA) JEWELL, HER DAUGHTERS, DARLENE (RANDY) STILLWAGON, DEBRA (JOHN) COX AND DONNA (MARC) ROUX, GRANDCHILDREN, BRYLYE DUFFY, CEALLEIGH (GREG) MOORE, AUDRA MCQUADE, JOSH (JILLIAN MORSE) STILLWAGON, LUKE (JACKIE) STILLWAGON, DANNA (JT) FORTIER, AND MIKAH (RYAN) MCFADDEN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AVERY JOENSUU, GRADY AND OLIVIA COLLINS, COOPER, HADLEY AND GRAFTON FORTIER, AYDEN, COOPER AND FINNEGAN MOORE, CLARA STILLWAGON, ANDREW STILLWAGON AND GRANGER MCFADDEN, NIECE AND NEPHEW, SARAH (ROB) LEONARD, FREDDIE (MEGAN) JEWELL AND GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEW, EMMA, PARKER AND LILY LEONARD. BEVERLY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER DAUGHTER DENISE (GAUDREAU) DUFFY IN 2018 AND HER                  EX-HUSBAND DENIS GAUDREAU IN 2006. BEVERLY'S FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR HEART FELT GRATITUDE TO HER PCP, DR MARY BRAUN, AND TO ALL THE STAFF AT HARMONY HOMES BY THE BAY FOR THE WONDERFUL AND LOVING CARE THEY PROVIDED TO OUR MOM OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE FAMILY ALSO WISHES TO THANK THE STAFF AT CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOR THE EXCELLENT CARE AND ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO BEV IN HER FINAL MONTHS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE IN BEVERLY'S NAME TO CORNERSTONE VNA AND HOSPICE, ST MARY'S ACADEMY, DOVER, NH OR YOUR LOCAL SPCA. DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS, THERE WILL BE NO CALLING HOURS. A PRIVATE BURIAL AT MADBURY CEMETARY WILL BE SCHEDULED IN THE SUMMER.