BARBARA McGINLEY

1931 - 2017

McGINLEY
BARBARA (née Bossard)

was born May 31, 1931. She died peacefully on Feb. 26, 2017 in her home where she was cared for by her sons James and Edward. A graduate of the Friends Central School '49, and the U of P where she also earned her MA in Art History. Barbara was an accomplished artist and the best mother a child could ever hope for. Barbara was the daughter of Dorothy Lemley and James H. S. Bossard of Lansdowne. Barbara's father was leading specialist in the field of family and child behavior, James H. S. Bossard is the author of more than thirty books, including Ritual in Family Living, Marriage and the Child, and Parent and Child. He was Professor of Sociology, William T. Carter Professor of Child Development, and Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Mother of nine, she is survived by her sister Constance Congdon and children Edward, Constance (Rui Marques) Goldberg, Siobhan, James, Nicholas, Shelagh Perna, Brendan, and Simeon, as well as four grandchildren and one great granddaughter. She was predeceased by her husband John Andrew McGinley, Administrative head of Radiology at Hahnemann Hospital. He died in March 1997. She was also predeceased by her eldest son Sean.
Relatives and friends are invited to her Funeral Mass at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, March 3rd at St. Patrick's Church, 242 S. 20th Street, Phila., PA 19103 where friends and family may call 1:15-1:45 P.M. at the Church. Interment is private.