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Barbara M. McEnroe

Barbara M. McEnroe

AMENIA — Barbara M. McEnroe, 84, a lifelong area resident, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family at home on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. Mrs. McEnroe was a licensed beautician and worked at Fanny’s Beauty Salon in Amenia and later worked at Wassaic Developmental Center in Wassaic, retiring in 2003.

Born on July 25, 1940 in Sharon, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lena (Clum) Carberry. She was a 1958 graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional School in Falls Village. On Sept. 29, 1962 in Sharon, she married Joseph F. McEnroe, who survives at home.

Mrs. McEnroe was an active parishioner of Immaculate Conception Church in Amenia, a volunteer at the Church’s Thrift Shop and with the Vine and Branches Program.

In addition to her loving husband, she is survived by three daughters; Maureen Willig and her husband, Peter, of Stanfordville, New York, Jamie McEnroe and her partner, Jason Nolan of Lee, Massachusetts and Joann Potter and her husband, Barrie, of Marcellus, New York. She is also survived by three grandchildren; Emmylou Potter, Barrie Lucas Potter and his wife, Marguerite, and Christopher Willig; a great granddaughter, Wyvette Potter; her brothers-in-laws, Jerry Wilcox of Amenia and James McEnroe and his wife, Abigail, of Burlington Flats, New York; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Casey of Kent, and several nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by brothers, Vincent, Robert, Joseph, Paul, Donald, Francis and Thomas Carberry, and sisters, Virginia Kendall, Dorothy Frasier, Helen Passante, Mary Lango and Emma Paley.

Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 at Hufcut Funeral Home, 3159 Route 22, Dover Plains, New York. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 at Immaculate Conception Church, 4 Lavelle Rd., Amenia with Rev. R. Kent Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Amenia. Memorial contributions may be made to Immaculate Conception Church, 4 Lavella Rd., Amenia, NY 12501 or Hudson Valley Hospice, 374 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 or online at www.hvhospice.org/.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Hufcut Funeral Home, 3159 Route 22, Dover Plains, NY. For directions or to send a condolence, visit www.hufcutfuneralhome.com.

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