Barbara E. (Jessop) DeVerna

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Barbara E. (Jessop) DeVerna, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Eugene A. DeVerna, Jr. for 67 years.

Born in Smithfield, she was a daughter of the late Aubrey S. and Elnora F. (Hopkins) Jessop.

She was the loving mother of Kathleen R. Barrette and her husband, Ernest; Barbara D. Cummings and her husband, James; Linda A. Brierley and her husband, William, and Robert E. DeVerna and his wife, Irene; loving grandmother of Paul, Erin, Jill, Christopher, Michael, Daniel and Laura; loving great-grandmother of Lily, Quinn, Brady and Taylor. She was the sister of the late Byron Mowry, Howard Mowry, Kenneth Jessop, Frederick Jessop, Rita Jessop, Mildred Tobin, Martha Burroughs and Josephine Dietrich.

Her funeral will be held Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 9 a.m. from the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave. with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Kevin Church. Burial in Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. Visiting hours Monday 4-8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to St. Kevin Church, 333 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI 02889, or the Shriners Hospital for Children, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, will be appreciated. Information and condolences, visit TheQuinnFuneralHome.com