Ellen Barber

Ellen (Brown) Barber

Worcester/Yarmouthport/Bethlehem, PA - Ellen (Brown) Barber, 91, died Friday, August 13, 2021. Originally from Chatham, NY, she was the daughter of the late Jules and Netty Brown.

Ellen graduated from Keuka College in 1951 and earned her M.Ed. from Cornell University in 1954. She was a Ford Foundation Fellowship recipient. She taught elementary school for over 20 years including 16 years at Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, PA. She read avidly and read The New Yorker cover to cover every week. She traveled extensively with a formative trip to Israel in 1950 to work on a kibbutz, a year in England while her husband, Saul, was on sabbatical at Oxford University, and pleasure trips to the Galapagos Islands, Tunisia, Italy, Portugal and numerous Caribbean Islands. Ellen and her husband fulfilled their dream of relocating to Cape Cod for their retirements where they enjoyed the natural setting and making new friends.

She is survived by her children, Lisa Beittel (Rod) of West Boylston, MA, Lowell Barber of S. Orange, NJ, and David Barber (Thammarat) of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada; two grandchildren, Natalie Beittel (Kyle Peckham) and Nathan Beittel; a great-granddaughter, Joni Peckham; a sister-in-law, June Brown of Baltimore, MD, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to Saul, her husband of 43 years, she was predeceased by her brother, Donald Brown and her sister and brother-in-law Shirley and Murray Rosen.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to JESPY House, 102 Prospect St., S. Orange, NJ 07079 or Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Attn: Online Services, P.O. Box 97166, Washington, D.C. 20090-7166.

Arrangements are under the care of Miles Funeral Home, 1158 Main Street, Holden.

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