Beverly Vasquez, Business Owner

NASHUA – Beverly J. (Siedsma) Vasquez, 61, of Nashua passed away peacefully on June 18, 2012 at Hospice House in Merrimack surrounded by her family and friends, following a hard fought battle against Sarcoma, a form of cancer.

She was born on August 3, 1950 in Utica, NY, a daughter of Betty Krol Siedsma and the late Benjamin B. Siedsma. formerly of Oriskany, NY.

Beverly was the proud owner of Ewe’ll Love It!, a knitting and supply store in Nashua, where she shared her passion for knitting and fibers with a close-knit community of knitters since 2002. She also had a love of her gardens, where she was closest to God. Her giving spirit overflowed into her daily life, and she always welcomed friends and neighbors into her home and into her heart. Beverly was a loving daughter, giving mother and sister, fun Beeba, and dear friend to many.

Beverly is survived by her mother, Betty Siedsma; her children from her marriage to Ronald Vasquez, Benjamin Vasquez and Maggie Vasquez-Larkin and her son-in-law David Vasquez-Larkin; her grandsons Caleb and Solomon Vasquez-Larkin all of Nashua; her sisters Barbara Nantogmah of Ghana, and Dori McCormick of New Zealand; and niece Molly McCormick and nephews Patrick McCormick and Peter Hartz.

A celebration of Beverly’s life will be at the Unitarian-Universalist Church (for parking directions go to www.uunashua.org), 58 Lowell St., Nashua on Sunday afternoon, June 24, beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by a reception. Friends and family are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you bring flowers from your gardens and make a donation in Beverly’s memory to the Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation, (www.jenniferhudsonyatessarcomafoundation.org) which helps fund research, education and family support for Sarcoma patients treated at Massachusetts General Hospital where Beverly was a patient. A private interment will be held at a later date for immediate family members. An online guestbook can be found at www.caringbridge.org/visit/beverlyvasquez.