I have so many memories that were made with Bev alone and more made with her and Ralphie. Playing cansta, poker  our trips to No Carolina ,California and Costa Rica, New Orleans.  My working with her at the flea market,going to Miami,Orlando trade shows,looking for new things for the booth. But my fondest memories were going to excersise and they going next door for TCBY yougart. What ever I did with Bev was great, she was a great friend and my adopted sister that I never had. SHE WILL TRULY BE MISSED
Rest in peace,    peace to Ralphie knowing she will not suffer any more

To the family of Mrs. T,
My condolences for your loss.
I regret that I have not kept in touch but wish to share a little to celebrate her life and how she touched our lives through the love and acceptance received when I married Joey Valentino. Mrs T filled the void of her longtime friend Diana Mason Valentino to me, my daughter Britni and our son James. We will not forget her sincere warmth and welcome to be a part of your family. 
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Frances, Britni and James Valentino


To the Tarantino Family...
My sincerest condolences to you all.  Joe, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.


I am so sorry to hear of Mrs. T’s passing...I have so many great memories about this beautiful lady,  she was my childhood second mama...she had a heart of gold...my sincere condolences to you Nina,Ralph and joe and the loving family she leaves behind...RIP mom💜.  Xoxoxo 

Beverly was a generous, kindhearted person, who will be forever loved.  She was a loving mother to Joe, a wonderful mother-in-law to me, and a caring grandmother to Kayla and Joseph.  We will miss walking into the house to the yummy smell of her pasta sauce bubbling away on the stove and the anticipation of Ralph and Monty and Nina and Frank and Frankie coming over to share a delicious homemade dinner that Beverly had lovingly prepared for all of us.  I will miss our late-night chats that sometimes went till 1 in the morning after everyone else had gone to bed.  Joe will miss his weekly 3-hour phone calls with his mom.  Because we live so far away, she caught us up on what was happening with the family, and we caught her up on ourselves.  We will treasure the beautiful crocheted and knitted blankets and clothing she made for us that will always remind us of her.  It is often the little things that come up in life that remind us of someone we have lost.  Like Tiramisu.  Whenever we see tiramisu on a menu, Joe and I have to smile because it reminds us of Beverly.  Beverly was supposed to bring home a single serving of her and my favorite, most delicious ever tiramisu for each of us from an Italian restaurant near her house. But she instead bought the entire batch of it for the two of us, and she and I managed to devour all of it by ourselves in only a few days.  Bev used to say about life that, “We’re all just here for a visit.”  Her visit was much too short.  We never have enough time with the people we love. 



I only have great memories of our times together. I'll never forget her laugh and great cooking.
My sincerest of sympathies to the whole family.
Lisa, and Art Asselin (Strobel)

A woman that I called MOM, she was a given and generous soul.   I will miss her.   May her family remember her with love and know that she will always be with us to watch over us all.   

It's hard being so far away, but all the sisters/brothers and nieces/nephews here in New York are deeply saddened by Aunt Bev's passing.  The youngest of the seven, but the fourth to leave us.    Our hearts are truly broken and we are sending all our prayers your way.

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Beverly Ann Tarantino

September 13, 1941 – February 9, 2020

Hodges Funeral Home at Lee Memorial Park

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