Beverly Ann Marie d'Aquin Stevens

A funeral mass for Beverly Ann Marie d’Aquin Stevens, 89, of Tyler, Texas will be held on Friday, November 29, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 423 South Broadway, Tyler, Texas under the direction of Stewart Funeral Home. Very Reverend Father Robert H. “Hank” Lanik officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Lawn Cemetery in Tyler. Beverly Stevens, affectionately known as “MoMo”, “Aunt Bee”, and “Mom”, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 12:10 a.m. at the Homeplace, Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, Texas. The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to the physicians, nurses, aids and entire staff of Hospice of East Texas for the professionalism, loving care and attention to dignity and comfort for Beverly Stevens. Mrs. Beverly Stevens was born March 14, 1935, in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Adolph Joseph d’Aquin and Amelia Traina d’Aquin. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Gerald Lee Stevens and her three younger sisters, Patricia Gertrude d’Aquin Schiro, Connie D. Boyles, and Kathryn D. Guezuraga. She is survived by her four children, Honorable Cynthia Stevens Kent (Tyler), Shelly Elizabeth Stevens (Houston), Dr. Rebecca Lee Farinas PhD (New Orleans) and Gerald Lee Stevens, II, (Garland), five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a loving family of sons-in-law (Don W. Kent and Andy Shreffler), daughter-in-law (Tina Tuyet Nguyen), granddaughters-in-law, great grandchildren-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and a universe of friends. Beverly Stevens was born and reared in a large Catholic family in New Orleans. She attended Ursuline Academy where she was active in theater and a cheerleader and made lifetime friends that she was close to until death. Beverly attended the University of Houston before she married her husband, Gerald, on September 1, 1953. Together they spent a wonderful life full of faith, family, laughter, travel and fun. MoMo and her husband lived all over the United States, moving first with the Air Force and then to places where Gerald Stevens’ work pulled them. Their homes were lovingly made in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dayton, Ohio; Hagerstown, Maryland; Long Island, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; the Gulf Coast of Mississippi; Huntsville, Alabama; Houston, Texas; Century City, California; Carrolton, Texas and Whitehouse and Tyler, Texas. Their travels took them all around the world. MoMo was truly a southern lady and devoted her life to her faith, home, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anyone who met MoMo knew of her spark for life and her devotion to all children. If you were in a store or restaurant with a child and MoMo walked in . . . well she was going to be singing and playing with your child within minutes. Children loved her and the way she turned everyday events into an adventure and laughter . . . like having a tea party on the roof of the van, chasing fireflies in the summer, or painting on easels in the garage. Every day with MoMo created a happy childhood memory. Many people’s lives are defined by their careers and accolades. MoMo’s life was defined by her extreme charity, her fun loving spirit, her kindness to those she knew and to strangers she met, her ability to turn a mundane day into a memorable adventure, her ability to whip up a delicious 5 course meal without breaking a sweat, and her devotion to faith and family. Beverly Stevens was not just a person who went through the days of life . . . she lived every day to the fullest and left happy memories and experiences. When they say someone is a devout Catholic . . . well that was MoMo. As a child going to mass every day, as an adult sharing her Christian faith through her rich and full life, to her last days when the kindness of Francine Eiknor brought her holy communion every week for a year and Father Hank administered her last sacrament of Last Rites just days before her death. MoMo loved Jesus and His Holy Catholic Church and was ready to meet her Father God in Heaven and join the chorus of Hallelujahs for His Holy Name. Honorary pallbearers will be Andrew Stevens Kent, Jarad Lee Kent, Grace Lee Ridenour, Wayne Anthony Kent, Major Julia Farinas (U.S. Army), Megan Nguyen, Nhi Tran, Susie Schiro Bruno, Andy Shreffler, Michael Schiro, John W. “Steve” Stevens, II, Larry Virtue, Aubrey Guezaraga, Collin Shull, Brad Escousse and Phillip Do. If desired, memorials may be made online to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, Texas, 75701 or made to Ursuline Academy of New Orleans online at https://www.uanola.org/alumnae/support

Beverly Ann Marie d'Aquin Stevens

March 14, 1935 - November 26, 2024