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1922
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2008
Barbara Vickers Obituary
Barbara A. Vickers (nee Ryan), died at her residence on March 12, 2008, at the age of 86. She had just recently celebrated her 86th birthday on Feb. 14. She was born in Somerville, Mass., daughter of the late James J. Kerrigan and Mary Theresa Quigley Kerrigan. Her late grandparents James P. Quigley and Mary McCabe Quigley were from London, England. Barbara was a graduate of Somerville High School. She married in 1941 to Frederick A. Vickers. He passed away in 1994. She and her husband traveled the country together wherever her husband was stationed while serving in the U.S. Navy. They lived in San Francisco during World War II. Barbara was a bookkeeper for the IRS, the Navy, the Air Force, and later did mortgage underwriting for the government. She also worked for MIT and later for Flagler College. She was a member of the Cathedral Parish. Barbara loved all of her family dearly.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday, March 17, 2008, at the Cathedral Basilica with Rev. Christopher Liguori, parochial vicar, officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Kotrady-Hudgins-Croyle Funeral Home, 209 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Flowers are gratefully accepted or those wishing may make a contribution in her memory to Community Hospice of NE Florida, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257.
She raised five children, Brian A. Vickers, who preceded her in death in 2003, Pam Vickers, Laurel M. Jackson (Dale), Frederick J. Vickers, and Alix B. Vickers. Barbara had 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She also had numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and son, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Ann and Marcia.
Kotrady-Hudgins-Croyle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Susan Jackson
March 30, 2008
God looked around his garden and he found an empty place. He then looked down upon this earth and saw your tired face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest. God Garden must be beautiful, he always takes the best. He knew you were suffering, he knew you were in pain, he knew that you would never get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb. So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered "peace be thine". It broke our our hearts to lose you, but you didnt go alone. For parrt of us went with you, the day God called you home.
We love you Mema and will miss you dearly. I will never forget our days of playing yatzee we all had so much fun. We can still see you sitting there in you chair and looking over you glasses because they fell to the end of your nose. We all will have our certain memories of you that we will hold dear to our hearts. You have touched our lives in so many different ways that you will never be forgotten.
Peace will forever be with you,
Love, Susan, John, Sierra, Chelsea, Brittney, Ryan and Kaden
Gail McCourt -Knight
March 15, 2008
I am so very sorry to hear of your loss. It's been quite sometime since we saw Aunt Barbara, but our thoughts are with all of our cousins in their loss.
Nancy Flynn
March 15, 2008
My Aunt Barbara may have been my soul mate.She understood me more than anyone in my life since.
I loved her and have missed her for years. Maybe we will meet up again when I pass on.
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