(Ed) August 5, 1932 - September 5, 2008. Passed peacefully at the James Paton Memorial Hospital, Gander on September 5, 2008. Predeceased by parents Gilbert and Mary Jane, sisters Mamie and Lizzie (Normore), brother Eliol, niece Anita Chipman and great niece Sandy Hunter. Leaving to mourn sister Lily Hunter, St. Johns; brother Fred (Mary) and sister-in-law Evelyn, Salvage; nieces - Sandra Hardy, St. John's, Juanita Sheppard, Edmonton, Phyllis (Dave) Janes, CBS, Bernice (Tom) Hallett, Eastport; nephews - Rex (Dorothy) Hunter, CBS, Gilbert (Judy) Heffern, Brooklin, ON; along with great and great-great nieces and nephews who all had a special place in her heart. Barbara was born at Wild Cove (Salvage), the youngest of a family of six, and obtained her Grade 11 diploma in just nine years from St. Stephens School in Salvage. She taught school in nine communities throughout the province prior to joining the staff of Holy Trinity Central High in Normans Cove in 1964 where she remained for 18 years, the last 11 as Vice Principal. Upon retirement in 1983 she returned to Salvage to run her general store and play an active community role as Mayor, Lay Reader and a member of the EastPen Players and the Eastport Peninsula Heritage Society. Funeral services were held at St. Stephens Church, Salvage, on September 7, 2008 with interment at St. Stephens Anglican Cemetery. Her family would like to thank Bishop Edward Marsh, Reverend Paul Thoms, JPMS staff, Squire's Funeral Home, St Stephens and Holy Cross (Eastport) Church Choirs, St. Stephens ACW, Marjorie Hiscock (organist), the EastPen Players, pall bearers and all others who helped in any way ease the sorrow of Barbara's passing. In Memoriam donations may be made to the St. Stephens Church Memorial Fund, Salvage, NL A0G 3X0. "I feel the winds of God today, today my sail I lift"