Barbara Ann Ferry

Barbara Ferry Obituary

FERRY, Barbara Ann, BS RN Passed away at the Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach, Florida on October 4, 2008. Barbara passed peacefully in the presence of her husband and two of her children. She was pre-deceased by her parents Brigadier General John J Carew and Jane Frances Carew and Sister Jane Carew of Medford, Ma. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Richard T. Ferry of Vero Beach, Fl. and six children Paula (Richard) Morris, Michael (Elizabeth) Ferry, James Ferry all of Martha's Vineyard, Ma, Timothy (Nancy) Ferry, Freedom, N.H., Edward (Rose) Ferry. Conway, N.H., and Patrick Ferry, Indian Harbour Beach, Fl. Her surviving siblings are Kathleen (Anthony) Macri, Melbourne, Fl, John (Gloria) Carew, Dorothy McAveeney, Medford, Ma, Elizabeth (Gerard) Pothier, Hillsboro, N.H, Kenneth (Marion) Carew, Merrimack, N.H. Sheila (James) Lane, Brewster, Ma, Maureen (William) Winnett, Paula (Charles) Mahoney, Falmouth, MA. Barbara left 13 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren and a large family of nieces and nephews. Barbara was a devout Roman Catholic and attended the Holy Name of Jesus church, Indialantic, Fl and the Holy Cross Church, Vero Beach, Fl. The first 16 years of her married life she was a Marine Corps wife, raised her six children and worked as a Cardiac Care Nurse and as a Charge Nurse in several Intensive Care Units. Her compassion and love for her patients and their grieving families moved her to want to do more and to be more effective in interacting with her charges and their families. She sought to increase her formal education and sought a Catholic College offering a BS Degree in Psychology centering on the psychology of the dying. She chose St Joseph's College, Wyndam, Me., where she was the only grandmother in her class and the most popular person. She graduated as the President of her nursing class at the former Carney Hospital School of Nursing, South Boston Ma in 1953. Services will be private and will be arranged by the Lowther Funeral Home, Vero Beach, Fl. A Mass celebrating her life will be scheduled at a later date at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Medford, MA, where she was baptized, confirmed, educated through grammar school and married. She was graduated from St. Clements High School, Somerville, MA. An on-line guest bookmaybesignedat www.lowtherfuneralhome.com. Donations may be made in her name to St Jude Children's Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

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Published by Boston Globe on Oct. 8, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for Barbara Ferry

3 Entries

John Petronio

October 15, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Peggy Payton

October 13, 2008

Dear Uncle Dick, Paula, Timmy, Michael, Patrick, James, Ted, and all of your families as well as all of the Carews, we are so sorry for your and our loss. The world has lost a very kind and loving woman.

Auntie Barbara was to me (and to John too) like a second mother, and to Jen, like having yet another loving grandmother. I remember so fondly as a kid my visits to the Vineyard where when she took us to the beach as the only girl in the younger crew I always got to sit in the front seat!! As we drove along she would talk to me about psychology and nursing and college; I only recently stopped to consider how profoundly these seemingly innocent conversations must have shaped and impacted my views about my own professional and educational opportunities. I remember too how she would take us to Dairy Queen and whoever had jumped off the bridge first got to order an ice cream sundae!! Long before the Vineyard I remember our many days at Molasses Pond and Schoodic Point in Maine.

Then on to our years at the Jackson Lodge; John and I were just reminiscing with Jen about the many winter weekends we spent in Jackson in addition to the many Thanksgivings and other family occasions there. It occurred to us that while we were out skiing with the cousins Auntie Barbara must have been babysitting for us!!!! :) And the memories go on and on and on….

Her beautiful smile and beautiful eyes will always be remembered, and sorely missed; may God Bless her.

Thanks for the memories!!

Love always,

Peggy & John

Lori Woodill

October 9, 2008

You are in my thoughts and prayers.

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