SALEM - Barbara Perkins, 86, of Salem, passed away on Friday, May 2, 2008 at the Lafayette Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility in Marblehead.
Born in Salem on February 9, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Harold M. and Maude F. (Costello) Perkins. Barbara attended the North Shore Country Day School, now known as Shore Country Day School, in Beverly, graduated from Salem High School and attended Boston University.
Until the time of her retirement in 1984, Barbara was employed by the Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company in Salem for over 40 years.
Barbara is survived by a cousin, Rebecca F. Lyons, of Arvada, Colorado.
Funeral services were private. Burial was in the Perkins Lot at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem. Funeral arrangements by the Full-Spychalski Funeral Home, 84 Washington Square East, by Salem Common, Salem. www.SalemFuneral.com. For those who desire, donations may be made in her memory to the North Shore Medical Center Foundation, Development Office, 81 Highland Ave., Salem, MA 01970.