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Born on April 12, 1951 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Passed away on April 11, 2021 in Manchester, Connecticut, United States
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Barbara Tinsley, 69 years old, born on April 12, 1951, and passed away on April 11, 2021. We will remember her forever.
My friendship with Mickey, her son, brought me to her home, made me a part of her life, and made me appreciate Massachusetts. I moved up here. She will be missed. Brad Higerd
Mickey and family, so very sorry to hear of Barbara’s passing. She was loved as the good Nurse she was and a great friend… she loved her family and was so proud of you all. May your memories of her love comfort you in this really tough time, God Bless her
My friendship with Mickey, her son, brought me to her home, made me a part of her life, and made me appreciate Massachusetts. I moved up here. She will be missed. Brad Higerd
Mickey and family, so very sorry to hear of Barbara’s passing. She was loved as the good Nurse she was and a great friend… she loved her family and was so proud of you all. May your memories of her love comfort you in this really tough time, God Bless her
Barbara was
a devoted mother, loving grandmother, career nurse and lover of life. She spent many of her days taking care of others and being close to her family. She was raised
in Arlington, Massachusetts where she attended Arlington High
School.
Barbara grew up surrounded by
her loving parents John and Gertrude Curley, her brother Jack and a large
extended family with a lot of cousins. Barbara is fondly remembered for her
beautiful smile, an infectious laugh, long blonde banana curls and being life
long lover of animals and social justice. Barbara never met a dog she wouldn’t
adopt or a shelter to support.
She received her RN from New
England Baptist. Barbara’s career took her to New Hampshire where she became a
nurse anesthetist and met her late husband Dr. “Mickey” Woodrow F. Tinsley Jr.
The two lived in South Carolina until his passing. Barbara and her husband
had one child, “Mickey” Woodrow Fike Tinsley III.
Barbara continued her nursing
career in Tyngsboro, MA and finally Connecticut in supervisory roles for
hospitals.
Barbara had a true love of the
movies. Growing up watching westerns set the stage for a lifelong love of the
visual arts and fondly enjoyed new Marvel releases.
She dabbled in and had a great
appreciation of photography, particularly nature and wildlife. Barbara also
enjoyed world travel, beach days a good restaurant, books, politics, and SCUBA
diving.
Barbara’s life changed forever
when she became a grandmother or “Grangry” as her grandchildren Bryson Belle
and Rowen affectionately called her. Volumes could be written about her
relationship with her grandchildren. She would often comment
about the delight her grandchildren gave her.
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Barbara always brought her
youthful spirit and unmistakable smile when sharing her light with us. We will
always remember how much she loved her family and treasured every moment
together.
We love Barbara and her zeal for
being in on the family adventure - walkers don’t work on beach sand, or on
boats with dance floors… but, those things didn’t stop Barb’ from being in the
moment with us. She taught us that the best thing in life is being together and
sharing moments as a family.
Barb loved to share and had a
live out loud way of storytelling, and rich stories that would catch you off
guard and make you laugh in both surprise and amazement.
We will always remember her kind
heart, bright spirit and passion for making memories with us.
I worked with Barbara at the Choate Hospital back in the early 80’s. We became great friends and would play racket ball on Thursday nights and Saturdays. Lunch at the Dandelion Green. Mickey she loved you so much. We laughed all the time and she was a great friend to me back then. Mickey, I remember you, your mom and grandmother coming to my house on Halloween. Great memories.