BEVERLEY BROMLEY VAUGHAN

SHELBURNE — Beverley Bromley Vaughan passed away Dec. 27, 2025, in Shelburne, Vt., after a brave battle with cancer. She was 88 years old. Beverley devoted her life to her family and a lifetime of volunteering that spanned over 60 years.

Beverley was born Oct. 27, 1937, in Gladwyne, Pa., and grew up the middle child of three sisters. She remembered her early life as “the war years” (World War II). During that time, her father was overseas and she was raised mostly by her mother, living simply and growing their own food with chickens and a big garden. Just like her mother, she attended The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., and graduated from high school at Westover School in Middlebury, Conn. Although many of her peers married right after high school, Beverley went on to get a four-year college degree from Sweet Briar College in Virginia, where she studied history and was captain of her field hockey and lacrosse teams.

Following graduation, Beverley lived for a year in Florence, Italy, where she became fluent in Italian and developed a deep love of the country, its art and its history.

In 1964, she married C. Wheaton Vaughan Jr. By 1966, she gave birth to their only daughter, Cynthia (Cinny) Vaughan Lawrence. In the late 1960s, they lived outside of Minneapolis, Minn., and Beverley had fond memories from that time. An avid tennis player, with a hard, flat ball that always went in, she made many friends. In winter, there were activities like cross country skiing and outdoor parties in the snow, and it was a time of youthful new adventures for her.

Wheaton and Beverley moved back to Pennsylvania in the early 1970s with their daughter, Cinny, and then moved on to Connecticut in 1974. For the next 40 years, they remained in Green’s Farms, Conn., where Beverley was very active in the Sasqua Garden Club of Fairfield, serving on the board and as president. She was also a teaching volunteer for the Mill River Watershed Association educating elementary students about the importance of preserving and protecting local waterways. Cinny delights in remembering a science class trip where her mother was their teacher for the day! In a related interest, Beverley served on the board of the Aspetuck Land Trust in Westport, Conn., for fifteen years.

Beverley continued to volunteer throughout her life and, in her later years, served on the board and as co-chair for the Antiques Department of the Fairfield Women’s Exchange in Southport, Conn., an organization whose proceeds go to support local women and children.

To Beverley, giving was how she experienced love. And, more than anything, she loved her family. We loved her right back and will miss her very much, but her genuinely kind heart will always be within us.

Beverley is survived by her daughter, Cynthia (Cinny) Vaughan Lawrence, and her grandchildren, Erin Reilly Lawrence and Thomas (Tommy) Endicott Lawrence.

A memorial service will be held later this year. ◊