Barbara E. (Howard) Cheney

TEMPLETON - Barbara E. (Howard) Cheney, 84, of 37 Hospital Road, Baldwinville, died peacefully at her home on Friday evening, September 18th. She was born in Putney, VT on September 1,1925, the daughter of the late Frank and Bernice (Perry) Howard, grew up in Brattleboro, and had lived in Baldwinville since 1961. Barbara was a 1944 graduate of Northfield School, Northfield, MA and received her Registered Nursing Degree from Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Barbara worked at the Baldwinville Nursing Home from 1979 until her retirement in 1993. She developed its Medical Records System and worked in the Activities Program. An active member of Memorial Congregational Church, she was a former Superintendent of the Sunday School, chairman of its Mission Committee and was a long time member of the Ames Moore Guild. Barbara was an excellent seamstress, she enjoyed playing the piano, and also served the community as a Girl Scout leader. She leaves her husband of 61 years, Leighton S. Cheney; four children, Janis Cheney and her husband Stephen Crane of Bismarck, North Dakota, Joyce D'Alelio and her husband Paul of Wakefield, Judith Castelluccio and her husband Charles of Reading, and Howard Cheney and his wife Jane of Westfield. She also leaves nine grandchildren, Barbara and Johanna Crane, Michael and Kristen D'Alelio, Brian, Natalie and David Castelluccio, and Allison and Hannah Cheney. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 24th at 11 A.M. in Memorial Congregational Church, 4 Memorial Street, Baldwinville. The Rev. Robert Johansen will officiate. Calling hours in the Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central Street, Winchendon will be Wednesday, September 23rd from 6 to 8 P.M. Memorial donations may be made to Memorial Congregational Church, 4 Memorial Street, Baldwinville, MA. 01436 or to Gardner VNA Hospice, 34 Pearly Lane, Gardner, MA. 01440. www.stone-ladeau.com