BARBARA LOUISE SLAVIN

SLAVIN, Barbara Louise Of Framingham, MA and formerly of Wellesley, MA. Passed away on September 26, 2025. She was 79 years old. She had been residing at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham for the past two years. Barbara was born in Newton, MA on July 14, 1946 to Mary (Connolly) Slavin and John Slavin. She attended Wellesley Schools and graduated from University of Massachusetts Boston. She worked for may years for Bell Telephone (Verizon), before attending Simmons College for a degree in Library Science. She worked as a reference librarian at Framingham Public Library. Barbara loved books, reading, researching facts and oral histories. She had an inquisitive spirit. She completed an oral history of local WWll Veterans, participated in the oral history of the Club Passim in Cambridge and completed her mother's oral history of life in Cambridgeport, MA in the early 1900s. She had a keen eye for up and coming artists and was a wonderful photographer. She is survived by her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Sabo of Endicott, NY; her brother-in-law, Michael Sabo of Endicott, NY; her sister, Margaret (Peggy) Ledwell of Falmouth, MA; her sister-in-law, Mary Slavin of Natick, MA; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by Joseph Slavin of Natick, MA. Visitation at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., WELLESLEY, on Saturday, November 1, from 9:30-11am, followed by a blessing in the funeral home, starting at 11am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment after the blessing in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Framingham Public Library, St. Patrick's Manor or the local library. For online guestbook, gfdoherty.com George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781 235 4100