Josephine T. Barry died at age 90 on August 8, 2018 in Tuckahoe, NY.
She was born in the Bronx in 1928 to Martin and Mary (Dore) Sheehan of County Limerick, Ireland, the third of five children. After high school at the Academy of Mount Saint Ursula, she earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the College of New Rochelle in 1949, and a master’s degree in mathematics from Catholic University in 1950.
While working as a teacher at Wisdom Lane Junior High School in Levittown, NY, she married Richard Barry in 1958 (dec.). They raised six children in Floral Park, NY, before she returned to teach math and physics at Archbishop Molloy High School from 1980 to 1996. She was a beloved parishioner and enthusiastic volunteer at Our Lady of the Snow parish from the 1960s until 2011, when the decline in her health made it impossible. She is survived by her sister Marion Robb (William), of Larchmont, NY; her children and their spouses Richard (Janet Raffa), of Bayside, NY; Joseph (Tiffany Veeneman), of Raleigh, NC; Martin (Patricia Regan), of Harrison, NY; John (Amy Wilkinson), of Remsenburg, NY; Mary van Wijngaarden (Pim), of Falls Church, VA; and Nora Byrne (Philip), of Bronxville, NY; as well as 15 grandchildren and many close nieces and nephews. Wake Friday, August 10, 4:00pm to 8:00pm at Fred McGrath & Son Funeral Home in Bronxville, NY. Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, August 11, 10:45am, Church of St. Joseph, Bronxville. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Josephine’s name to the Academy of Mount Saint Ursula, Bronx, NY.
Memorial Hours: 4 to 8 pm, Friday, August 10, 2018
Memorial Mass: 10:45 am, Saturday, August 11, 2018, St. Joseph's Church, Bronxville, NY
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Richard Barry says
August 9, 2018 at 4:14 pmJanet and I miss you already Mom. You were a great wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.
You raised 6 kids, and taught them, not only to think for themselves, but to go out into the world, explore, and to learn new things.
I, for myself, am forever grateful that you were my Mom, and that you loved Janet in such a way that she was not just a daughter-in-law, but “the wife of your son”.
I might not have said it often enough, but I loved you, and I know for sure that Janet loved and treasured you as well.
Say hi to Dad for us.
Until we meet again.
Your son,
Richie