Winifred Barnes

Dear Winnie, Just hearing your name brings a smile to my face. Our wonderful times at the Philharmonic and Lloyd and Jim kidding us about 'be sure to return my jar'- those wonderful watermelon pickles or my berry jams. When we got talking so long at a counter at Saks and the sales girl asked us to either 'buy something or move.' We stayed. Hearing about her wonderful daughters and grandchildren. So many good years in NYC, how your dear parents took in these Okies. Know that I remember...

Hello Family and Friends of Winnie,

My daughter Analise and I have been Winnie's neighbors since December 1999 when we moved in right next door.

We dearly loved Winnie and admired her passion for life, her intelligence and her beauty. Winnie was a wonderful neighbor and was an amazing model for my daughter and I of a life well lived. Analise just turned 11 this week and has written the message below in memory of Winnie.

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It has been a very...

Dear Wyndolyn, Diane and Bonnie,

Jim and I send our utmost sympathy to you over your mother’s death. To say your parents were very special to us is understatement. We shared Philharmonic seats with them for almost twenty years. During that time, we felt we knew you three. We knew about medical school, we knew about wonderful new babies. We knew how much your parents loved their three daughters.

Like all New Yorkers, this friendship took time forming. Once it started, it...

Through this living memorial, those of us who were once tucked under Winnies great wings can share our memories, joyful or sad over the coming months.
And though Mom shunned computers, she would smile knowing that her circle of family and friends still congregates in her name.
So please, write, upload any special photo, and be warmed by our shared memories of a life well lived, a life lived -her words, "I did it my way".
In gratitude and love,