Beverly Ann Watkins Schopp

October 28, 1934 - March 1, 2022

Beverly Ann Watkins Schopp, 87, of Claverack, NY and Canaan, CT, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in the comfort of her home in Canaan, CT. Born in Brooklyn, NY on October 28, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Vincent Benjamin and Gertrude Charles Watkins. Beverly and her family moved from Brooklyn, NY to Birmingham, MI in 1937 where she later graduated from The Kingswood School, MI in 1952. She attended Middlebury College, VT where she met her future husband Roald “Rollie” Schopp, also a 1956 graduate. While raising 5 children Beverly was a Hudson High school substitute French teacher and worked part time at Pattison, Koskey and Lawrence. She raised her family in the First Presbyterian Church of Hudson, NY and continued to be an active church member in many capacities for decades. Beverly was dedicated to many civic organizations in Hudson including the Hudson Day Care and Hudson Junior Service League; she worked tirelessly to manage the Hudson train station snack bar venue to benefit the Hudson Day Care. Beverly was an active PEO. Beverly was an avid golfer, gardener and seamstress. She loved to read, play tennis and piano, and bake for her family - the cookie tin on top of her refrigerator was never empty. A Columbia Golf and Country Club long time member, Beverly held several board positions and competed and won the women’s club championship. Beverly instilled environmental conservation values in her family. Beverly was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Rollie Schopp in 2018, grandson Arthur joseph Schopp, and great grandson Miles Bishop. She is survived by her sister Barbara Struthers of Arizona, and her 5 children: Kenneth C. (Rebecca) Schopp, Sheffield, MA, Julie S.(Patrick) Roach, Fort Wayne, IN, Michael A. (Heather) Schopp, Canaan, CT, Laura L.(Richard) Sheft, Lake Placid, NY, and Edward V. (Shannon) Schopp, Canaan, CT. Bev is also survived by 16 grandchildren, and 4 step grandchildren: Caroline, Charles and Catherine Schopp, Brooke (Andrew) Bishop, Frederick (Alisha) Schopp, Benjamin Schopp, Colleen (Liam) O’Reilly, Michael (Madeline) Schopp, and Greyson Schopp, Haley, Henry, Lillian, Jackson and Harrison Schopp, Theodore Roach and, Jodi Pfiefer, Jeff Roach, Julie Maury and Emily (John) Sheft, Trevor Sheft, and also 8 great grandchildren; Rowan, Katherine, Noel O’Reilly, Elizabeth Bishop, Emerson and Tallulah Schopp, Mark and Annette Schopp. Visitation hours will be held Saturday March 5, 2022, from 2 - 4 pm, followed by a Memorial Service at 4:00 at the Bates and Anderson Funeral Home, Hudson New York. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hudson Day Care Center or the First Presbyterian Church of Hudson, NY.