Beverly Ann Wells

SOUTH PORTLAND - Beverly Ann Wells, 79, of South Portland, died Sunday January 13, 2013 at Maine Medical Center. She was born on July 27, 1933, in Portland a daughter of Salvatore and Celia Marie Romano DeMarino. Beverly attended local schools and was a graduate of South Portland High School. Beverly also attended Northeast Business School in Portland On October 2, 1954 she married Wilmot Webster Wells. They began raising a family. As her children were growing up, she worked as a waitress at the Merry Manor in South Portland. She was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church. She was an active volunteer with the South Portland Food Cupboard. For many years, Beverly was a member of the St. John's Women's Bowling League, bowling at the Big 20 in Scarborough. She wintered in Wesley Chapel, Florida. She also had a seasonal campsite in Alfred. She was predeceased by her husband Wilmot in 2009, and a sister Camella Gatley. Survivors include her two daughters, Brenda Roy and her husband Ray of Scarborough, Donna Perron of Somersworth, NH; two sons, Gregory Wells and his wife Susan of Wesley Chapel, Florida, Jeffrey Wells and his wife Kimberly of Windham; two brothers, Joseph DeMarino of McAllen, Texas, Donald DeMarino of Windham; a nephew, Philip Gatley of South Portland; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Visitation will be held 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. Prayers will be recited at 9:15 a.m. Friday at the chapel followed by a 10:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. John the Evangelist Church, Main Street, South Portland. Burial will follow in New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.Online condolences may be expressed below.