ANN T. BARBER
AGE 86 YEARS
Ann T. Barber of Sandwich, Andover and Natick, Massachusetts, was a daughter of the late Ellen and Thomas Sheehan. She graduated from Natick High School in 1952 and Wheelock College in 1956 with a degree in early elementary education. In 1958, after a twelve-year courtship, she married Donald Barber, also of Natick.
Ann taught kindergarten and first grade in Princeton, New Jersey, Millis, Dover, Wellesley and Andover, Massachusetts, Trumbull, and Monroe, Connecticut, and Mt. Lebanon and Devon, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, Ann worked for Fred Rogers at Station WQED Pittsburgh as a consultant and puppeteer for the show, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Ann taught her students to champion the rights of the disabled and to respect others' differences in race, religion, gender and politics. Her first love always was teaching children to read. She was also an accomplished ice skater, singer and piano player.
Ann is survived by daughter Bonnie, her husband Andy Hochberg, and their 2 children, all of Newton, Massachusetts. She also is survived by daughter Beth Lewellen of Bluff Dale, Texas and Beth's children, all of Texas.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband Donald Barber, her parents, her brother Robert Sheehan and son-in-law Garry Lewellen.
A private interment was held on Saturday, March 28th, at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts
Published in The Boston Globe on Mar. 31, 2020
AGE 86 YEARS
Ann T. Barber of Sandwich, Andover and Natick, Massachusetts, was a daughter of the late Ellen and Thomas Sheehan. She graduated from Natick High School in 1952 and Wheelock College in 1956 with a degree in early elementary education. In 1958, after a twelve-year courtship, she married Donald Barber, also of Natick.
Ann taught kindergarten and first grade in Princeton, New Jersey, Millis, Dover, Wellesley and Andover, Massachusetts, Trumbull, and Monroe, Connecticut, and Mt. Lebanon and Devon, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, Ann worked for Fred Rogers at Station WQED Pittsburgh as a consultant and puppeteer for the show, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Ann taught her students to champion the rights of the disabled and to respect others' differences in race, religion, gender and politics. Her first love always was teaching children to read. She was also an accomplished ice skater, singer and piano player.
Ann is survived by daughter Bonnie, her husband Andy Hochberg, and their 2 children, all of Newton, Massachusetts. She also is survived by daughter Beth Lewellen of Bluff Dale, Texas and Beth's children, all of Texas.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband Donald Barber, her parents, her brother Robert Sheehan and son-in-law Garry Lewellen.
A private interment was held on Saturday, March 28th, at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts
Published in The Boston Globe on Mar. 31, 2020
ANN T. BARBER
AGE 86 YEARS
Ann T. Barber of Sandwich, Andover and Natick, Massachusetts, was a daughter of the late Ellen and Thomas Sheehan. She graduated from Natick High School in 1952 and Wheelock College in 1956 with a degree in early elementary education. In 1958, after a twelve-year courtship, she married Donald Barber, also of Natick.
Ann taught kindergarten and first grade in Princeton, New Jersey, Millis, Dover, Wellesley and Andover, Massachusetts, Trumbull, and Monroe, Connecticut, and Mt. Lebanon and Devon, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, Ann worked for Fred Rogers at Station WQED Pittsburgh as a consultant and puppeteer for the show, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Ann taught her students to champion the rights of the disabled and to respect others' differences in race, religion, gender and politics. Her first love always was teaching children to read. She was also an accomplished ice skater, singer and piano player.
Ann is survived by daughter Bonnie, her husband Andy Hochberg, and their 2 children, all of Newton, Massachusetts. She also is survived by daughter Beth Lewellen of Bluff Dale, Texas and Beth's children, all of Texas.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband Donald Barber, her parents, her brother Robert Sheehan and son-in-law Garry Lewellen.
A private interment was held on Saturday, March 28th, at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts
Published in The Boston Globe on Mar. 31, 2020
AGE 86 YEARS
Ann T. Barber of Sandwich, Andover and Natick, Massachusetts, was a daughter of the late Ellen and Thomas Sheehan. She graduated from Natick High School in 1952 and Wheelock College in 1956 with a degree in early elementary education. In 1958, after a twelve-year courtship, she married Donald Barber, also of Natick.
Ann taught kindergarten and first grade in Princeton, New Jersey, Millis, Dover, Wellesley and Andover, Massachusetts, Trumbull, and Monroe, Connecticut, and Mt. Lebanon and Devon, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, Ann worked for Fred Rogers at Station WQED Pittsburgh as a consultant and puppeteer for the show, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Ann taught her students to champion the rights of the disabled and to respect others' differences in race, religion, gender and politics. Her first love always was teaching children to read. She was also an accomplished ice skater, singer and piano player.
Ann is survived by daughter Bonnie, her husband Andy Hochberg, and their 2 children, all of Newton, Massachusetts. She also is survived by daughter Beth Lewellen of Bluff Dale, Texas and Beth's children, all of Texas.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband Donald Barber, her parents, her brother Robert Sheehan and son-in-law Garry Lewellen.
A private interment was held on Saturday, March 28th, at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts
Published in The Boston Globe on Mar. 31, 2020
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