Barbara A. Reed, 87, of Derry, NH died Monday September 6, 2010 at the Parkland Medical Center. Born in Boston, MA to the late Ralph and Viola (Lizotte) Hardy, she worked as a credit analyst for the Sears and Roebuck Company for many years.
Mrs. Reed was a member of AARP and an active member of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation. She was an avid reader and loved “surfing the internet”. She loved her family above all else and was the rock that the rest of the family turned to for advice and love in time of turmoil.
She leaves her daughter, Sheila Batchelder of Wakefield, MA, siblings, Ralph Hardy, Phyllis Peterson and Stanley Hardy. She also leaves her grandchildren, Christine Batchelder, Rebecca Ward, Bethann Pellerin, Tia Cunningham, Andrea Cunningham, Jeannette Cunningham, Garrett Scott Cunningham and Dale Pellerin, several Great Grandchildren and two daughter in laws, Roberta Reed and Jeannette Cunningham. She was predeceased by her husband, Melvin Reed in 1992, her two sons, Garrett Cunningham and Frank Reed and her sister Nancy Mazzarelli.
The funeral services for Barbara will be held Saturday October 2, 2010 at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 5 Bryant St, Wakefield, MA at 11a.m. with the reception to follow at 95 Audubon Road, (Community Room, First Floor) following the service. The Peabody Funeral Home and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry is handling the arrangements for the family. Donations in memory of Barbara may be directed to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, 355 Lexington Ave, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017.