It is with great sadness that the family of Beverly Decker Reed, of Lincoln, announce her passing after a battle with cancer on September 19, 2024. She passed peacefully, holding the hands of her daughters and friends and surrounded by love.

Bev was a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend. She had a ready smile and a great deal of love that she shared with so many of us. We loved her dearly while she was with us and miss her dearly now that she is not.

Bev was drawn to the challenge of finding ways to share opportunity and resources with people of all ages and from all over the world since she first set up a lemonade stand to collect donations for the City of Worcester MA, after a tornado devastated the city in the 1950's. In a forty year career she held senior positions at leading non-profits in education, environment, health and international development.

Bev's work served her community and the world. She served as a first grade and nursery school teacher, did Admissions work at Williams College, and served in Senior Resource Development roles at Williams College, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, and Pathfinder International.

Volunteer work has been a touchstone for Bev over the years. She proudly served on the Williamstown School Committee, was a deacon and lay leader in her church, a Founder and Board Member of A Better Chance chapter in Williamstown, MA, a Volunteer for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, a member of the Board of Directors of The Women's Fund of NH, Board Member of Womens Trust, and Co-Chair of her 50th Reunion at Wheaton College.

Bev was a graduate of Wheaton College, Norton, MA, received a Certificate of Management & Leadership from the Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge MA and was certified in Reiki. Until a week of her death she enjoyed zoom calls with college and high school friends.

She is survived by her loving husband Will Reed, her children and their spouses - Becca Fasciano, Jennifer and Richard Wu, Jeff and Nadine Stevens- and her step sons and their spouses- Will and Eliza and Mark and Stephanie Reed. She is also survived by her two brothers and their spouses, Bruce Decker and Bob and Laurel Decker. Finally she is survived by her cousins, friends, ten nieces and nephews, and her fourteen grandchildren. As we mourn her departure, let us also celebrate her life and the countless moments of joy and laughter she shared with us all.

A service of remembrance was held on Sunday October 13th at 2:00 pm at St. Anne's in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Road, Lincoln, MA.  At Bev's wishes, the service was followed by a reception and agape feast at the church where friends and relatives ate together and celebrated her life.  To view the video recording of Bev's memorial service, please click here .

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dana Farber , Pathfinder International and the Alzheimer's Association.

Arrangements are entrusted to Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord.