Beverly Claire Ahlgrim Caprio, 68, of Overlook Drive, Danbury, died Oct. 18, 2005, at Danbury Hospital. She was the wife of Theodore R. Caprio, Sr.

Mrs. Caprio was born in Danbury, July 23, 1937, a daughter of Elsie Lincoln Ahlgrim of Danbury and the late Albert Ahlgrim. A lifelong Danbury resident, she attended Danbury schools and was a 1955 graduate of Danbury High School. She worked as a receptionist and Special Police Officer with the Danbury Police Department for a number of years and more recently worked at A Country Touch Florist in Bethel. She was a former member of the Rebekah Lodge in Danbury.

Besides her husband of 49 years and her mother, she is survived by a son, Theodore R. Caprio, Jr., a daughter, Judi L. Lynch and her husband Bill of Woodbury; four grandchildren: Michela and Tara-Marie Lynch and Christopher and Steven Caprio.

A prayer service will be held Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Hull Funeral Home, 60 Division St. in Danbury. The family will receive friends at the Hull Funeral Home, Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name may be made to the PraxAir Cancer Center, Danbury Hospital, 24 Hospital Ave., Danbury, CT 06810