Barbara A. (Allen) Horton 76 a forty year resident of East Bridgewater passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday March 17. She was the beloved wife of 53 years to the late Robert L. Horton, Sr.
Born in Brockton and raised in Whitman she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Mildred (Johnson) Allen and attended Whitman schools.
She had worked for Component Manufacturing Company of West Bridgewater and then as a component assembler for the Foxboro Company of East Bridgewater where she later retired from.
She was a long time member of the East Bridgewater YMCA, the Eastern Star, the “89ers” and a life long member of the Congregational Church of Whitman.
She is survived by her children Robert L. Horton, Jr. and his wife Connie of Whitman and Deborah Ridley and her husband Wayne of East Bridgewater, her sister Jane Lacerda and her husband John of AZ, her grandchildren Jennifer (Ridley) Benefit and her husband Eric, Matthew Ridley, Kristopher Horton and his wife Amie, Donald Enos and his wife Tracey and Michael Horton, also her three beloved great-grandchildren Cameron Benefit, Ethan Enos, and Peyton McGrath as well as several nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Robert L. Allen.
Her funeral service will be held Monday March 21 at 11 AM in the Blanchard Funeral Chapel Plymouth Street (Rt. 58 at the rotary) Whitman. Burial will be at a later date. Visiting hours will be held Sunday March 20 from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM. Donations in her name may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5 Manley Street, West Bridgewater, MA 02379 or to the American Diabetes Association, Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.