Folsom Funeral Service

Barbara Ann (Burke) Garlick, a longtime resident of Dedham, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 at her home in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She was 91.  Barbara was born January 24, 1926 in Dedham, Massachusetts, a daughter of William Edward and Alice Almeda Maud (Blakney) Burke.  She graduated from Dedham High School and went on to earn her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Simmons College in Boston, graduating with the class of 1948.  Barbara worked as a registered nurse at the Glover Hospital in Needham for 30 years until her retirement in 1965.  She was the class secretary and an active member of the Simmons College Alumni Association.  She enjoyed, knitting, sewing, reading, gardening, crossword puzzles and suduko but none of those pastimes equaled the joy she got from being an active loving grandmother.  Barbara was the wife of the late Raymond Stevens Garlick who predeceased her in 2006, and the sister of the late Alice Goode, and the late Beverly Dewar.  She is survived by her two daughters, Judith A. MacBride, and her husband Peter A., of Dedham, and Virginia R. Hardy, and her husband William J., of Dedham; her three sons, Raymond S. Jr., and his wife Roberta, of Whately, Ronald S., and his wife Cindy, of Dedham, and Russell K., and his wife Denise C. of Needham; her brother, William E. Burke Jr., of Framingham; as well as 14 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.  Visiting hours will be held Saturday, October 14th from 4-6 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service Sunday, October 15th at 2 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home with the Reverend Cheryl Kerr of Allin Congregational Church in Dedham officiating.  Private interment will be in Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham.  In lieu of flowers donations to VNA Hospice and Palliative Care, 199 Rosewood Drive, Suite 180, Danvers, MA 01923 would be appreciated.

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