Funeral services for Barbara J. Lowery, age 83, of Brier Hill, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday (May 26, 2018) at Foxwood Memorial Park Chapel with Pastor David Sheppard officiating. Calling hours will be held also on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the Mausoleum. Mrs. Lowery passed away on Friday (May 18, 2018) at the Riverledge Healthcare Facility after being there only a short time.

Surviving are her children, Vernon Lowery of Morristown, Phyllis Marshall & her fiancée Mark Blanchard of Morristown, and Suzanne Slate of Darby, MT; son-n-law Hilton Hotaling of Morristown; brother Philip Gibson of Ogdensburg; a sister, Betty Lowery of Brier Hill; and eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews & cousins.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Denise Hotaling; husband Vernon Lowery; three brothers, Victor, Gerald & Richard Gibson; and five sisters, Janice Neddo, Florence Gascon, Helen Handschuh, Ester Stever & Elizabeth Gascon.

Barbara was born on June 5, 1934 in Ogdensburg, a daughter of the late Henry & Ruth (Robinson) Gibson. At 16 Barb moved in with Don & Ruth Dunham of Hammond, and during that time became a sister to their son Dwayne. She graduated from Hammond High School and later married Vernon H. Lowery in 1952. After all the children were born in Hammond, she and her husband farmed for a period in North Carolina, and in 1972 relocated back to the North Country where the couple raised their family.

Barbara was a member of the Brier Hill Fire Department Auxiliary and the Orange County Square Dancing Club. She enjoyed going to the casino, trying her luck with scratch off tickets, playing bingo, shopping, traveling, gardening, canning, playing cards & scrabble, spending time at camp, annual luncheons with siblings on their birthdays and the many years of the Gibson family reunions.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Brier Hill Fire Department Auxiliary or the Office of the Aging “Meals on Wheels” program.

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