Barbara was born in Sharon, Vermont on July 20 1935.

She worked as a cab driver in Claremont, NH. 

She lived in Texas as a florist.

She lived in Framingham, Massachusetts area and worked at a wig company.

Barbara & Russel built homes in Florida for a number of years together. 

Barbara and Russ took a break from home building to run a restaurant in Millinocket, Maine for a number of years 

Moved back to different areas of Florida to resume building new homes and selling them (which involved many, many moves build a spec, build a home move in, sell and start over).

Cleaning Homes and doing yard work and odd jobs for many to survive!

Driving people to and from wherever they wanted to go!