Beatrice Correllus Beaucaire, a native of Martha Vineyard, died on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Bristol, Conn., where she had lived for the last 50 years.

She was born to Joseph and Maria Estrella Correllus on June 19, 1913, one of eight children.

In 1960 she moved to Bristol, Conn., to take care of her family. She stayed there and took on jobs as a governess until she retired at the age of 82. She was a communicant of St. Augustine’s church on Martha’s Vineyard and St. Anne’s in Bristol.

Beatrice was a very kind and strong woman, who took her faith as part of her life even as late as last week. She never went to bed without saying her rosary.

She was a member of the Degree of Pocahontas in Vineyard Haven.

She loved to read and loved her soap operas starting with Helen Trent. She loved her family, and was thrilled with her 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren and was especially thrilled when three years ago she became a great-great-grandmother. She had a good day, when on her 95th birthday she and several members of her family got together to party and meet with her great-great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter Lorraine Clark, her husband, Richard, and their children, Richard, Pamela, Joy and Timothy; her daughter Shirley Sullivan, her husband, Joseph, their children, Edmund, Shirley, Shawn, Sharon and Sheryl; her daughter Lorretta Croft, her husband, Albert, and her children Lynn, Everett, Peter and Keith; her daughter Rosemary Kauke, her husband, Herbert, and their children, Beth and Steven. There are 28 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Her sister Helen Hemesley currently lives in Kansas.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ovila Edmund Beaucaire, and her grandson Dale Robert Clark, her brothers and sisters, Manual, David, Frank and Joseph Correllus, Mary Hurd and Rose Correllus.

Her funeral mass was held yesterday at St. Augustine’s in Vineyard Haven with interment to follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Oak Bluffs.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Red Stocking Fund, 131 Fairfield street, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. Please visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information.