Beverly (Tosi) Ryan, age 87, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Wilmington Health Care in Wilmington. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, July 16, 1928, the daughter of the late Alexander and Emily (Malatesta) Tosi. She was a graduate of Boston University and received her master's degree from Salem State College. She taught in the Billerica Public Schools for many years, primarily at the Locke Middle School, retiring in 1993. She was the past president for over 30 years of the singles squares dancing club, but especially loved spending time with her family and friends. Beverly was very involved in her grandchildren's lives and spent many special times with them. She was blessed to see the birth of her three great grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter, Robin Petty of Tewksbury, her granddaughter, Nicole Chambers and her husband, Eddie, of Hudson, NH, her grandson, Alexander Petty and his wife, Sarah, of Tewksbury, and her great grandchildren, Jayden and Alexander Petty of Tewksbury and Grayson Chambers of Hudson, NH.