When I first got to know Barbara she was by then an elderly woman .We met as she was bravely crossing the road one dark evening on her return from Mass in our local church. She was very devoted to her Catholic faith.I will remember her as someone who was fiercely independent, feisty and full of interesting stories of her life.She loved doing word puzzles in the newspaper when I visited .She had an amazing vocabulary and I always learned something new from her.It was a privilege to have met her.May she rest in peace. Geraldine (fellow parishioner and neighbour)