Snow, Barbara Louise (Davis)
Barbara Louise (Davis) Snow, 85, of Windsor Locks, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at her home with her family by her side.
Barbara was born on May 7, 1937, in Hartford, daughter of the late Ernest and Esther (Redfield) Davis. Her family moved to a 12-room farmhouse in Coventry where her father, mother, sisters, her mother's grandparents and aunt lived together. She attended a one room school for first through third grade before moving to Windsor to live in the house her father's parents built. She graduated from Windsor High in 1955 and worked for the Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co. After which, Barbara moved to Aberdeen, MD for six months and El Paso, TX for a year and a half before settling in Windsor Locks in December of 1959. She spent 29 years as the Bookstore Manager at the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, retiring in 2002, beloved by faculty and students alike. Barbara was a faithful member for over 50 years of the First Church in Windsor and a member of the Windsor Historical Society.
A dedicated daughter, mom, grammy, and greatgrammy, Barbara was known for her love of family, far and near. Passionate about genealogy, she researched her family's history by hand and digitized it in her retirement. She was proud to have documented her family lineage back to the Mayflower through multiple family lines. Barbara was a former Girl Scout in her mother's troop and a Cadette Girl Scout leader for her daughter's troop. She loved to travel and explore. Her adventures started in 1949, when the Davis family took a five-week cross-country trip to California, camping along the way. Barbara took amazing trips to Ecuador, the Galapagos, and through the Panama Canal to Costa Rica with her daughter and family, and traveled to England with her sister, Marion and her husband Harry. Other trips included traveling with her in-laws through Germany to France, all over South Africa with her father and daughter, Alaska with her sisters, Charlotte and Marion and brother-in-law, Harry, to Hawaii with her best friend, Pat Kupstitus, and on many business trips all over the US. She spent every summer tent camping, enjoying clam fritters, chowder, fried dough and lime-aid with her family at Burlingame State Park in Rhode Island and reading on the sand at East Beach in Charlestown, RI which she continued to visit until the time of her illness. During the winters, Barbara was an avid puzzler, enjoyed UConn Women's basketball and feeding the birds outside her picture window.
She is survived by her daughter, Robbin Willard and her husband Bruce of Enfield, CT; her precious grandchildren, Jillian Willard and her husband Matthew Schraut of NH, and Eric Willard and his wife Laura of CA; three beloved great grandchildren, Corinne, Easton and Conrad; as well as two sisters, Charlotte Mulligan and Marion Nelson and her husband Harry; along with numerous nieces and nephews and their families; and her dedicated caregiver of the last two years, Joyce Boahen. Her family would like to thank Joyce and the ECHN VNA Hospice Team for their loving care of Barbara in her final days.
A memorial service will be held at First Church in Windsor on Saturday, March 4, at 11 a.m.
A private burial will be held at Palisado Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Barbara's memory to the First Church Scholarship Fund, 107 Palisado Ave, Windsor, CT 06095 or to the Windsor Locks Public Library, 28 Main Street, Windsor Locks, CT 06096.
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