Beatriz B. Chaves

Beatriz B. Chaves passed away peacefully on March 13, 2026, at UMASS Memorial Medical Center, University Campus, in Worcester, Massachusetts, surrounded by her loved ones. Born on June 16, 1945, in Santa Maria, the Azores of Portugal, she carried deep pride in her Portuguese heritage and upbringing before emigrating to the United States in 1969. She settled in Hudson, Massachusetts, the community she cherished and where she built a life centered on family and quiet service.

For many years Beatriz worked as a housekeeper at the Sheraton-Framingham Hotel, approaching her duties with pride and diligence until her retirement in 2015. She was a devoted member of Saint Michael Parish in Hudson and the Hudson Portuguese Club. Above all, she embraced her role as a nurturing matriarch, offering selfless care and maternal warmth to all the children in her life, especially the many nieces and nephews she raised with the same love she would have given her own. She found simple joy in knitting, traveling with family, and making frequent visits back to Santa Maria to reconnect with her roots and lifelong friends.

Beatriz is survived by her husband of 31 years, Americo M. Chaves of Hudson; step-children Jose H. Chaves and his wife Juvenalia of Hudson, and Maria I. Carroll and her husband Dwayne of Florida; step-daughter-in-law Jill McCloud of Marlborough, wife of the late Mario J. Chaves; sisters Teresa Duarte of Canada, Maria Lina Bairos of Canada, and Maria Fatima Bairos of Hudson; sister-in-law Maria Figueiredo of Hudson; step-grandchildren Jose “JJ” Chaves and his wife Ashley of Boston, Caitlin Carroll and Anthony Carroll of Florida, Dina Chaves of Waltham, Biana Stevens of Holden, and Ravyn Hassan of Raleigh, North Carolina; as well as many great-step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

She was predeceased by her parents, Jose Figueiredo and Maria Jesus (Bairos) Figueiredo; her step-son Mario J. Chaves; sisters Maria Guimar Figueiredo and Irondina B. (Figueiredo) Chaves; and brothers Antonio Figueiredo and Jose Figueiredo.