Barbara Ann Ferry, a resident of Central Beach, passed away at the Indian River Medical Center on October 4th.

Barbara passed peacefully in the presence of her husband and two of her children.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Richard T. Ferry of Vero Beach, and six children Paula (Richard) Morris, Michael (Elizabeth) Ferry, James Ferry all of Martha's Vineyard, Ma, Timothy (Nancy) Ferry, Freedom, N.H., Edward (Rose) Ferry. Conway, N.H., and Patrick Ferry, Indian Harbour Beach, Fl.

Her surviving siblings are Kathleen (Anthony) Macri, Melbourne, Fl, John (Gloria) Carew, Dorothy McAveeney, Medford, Ma, Elizabeth (Gerard) Pothier, Hillsboro, N.H, Kenneth (Marion) Carew, Merrimack, N.H. Sheila (James) Lane, Brewster, Ma, Maureen (William) Winnett, Paula (Charles) Mahoney, Falmouth, Ma. She was pre-deceased by her parents Brigadier General John J Carew and Jane Frances Carew and Sister Jane Carew of Medford, Ma.

Barbara was a devout Roman Catholic and attended the Holy Name of Jesus church, Indialantic, Fl and the Holy Cross Church, Vero Beach, Fl. The first 16 years of her married life she was a Marine Corps wife, raised her six children and worked as a Cardiac Care Nurse and as a Charge Nurse in several Intensive Care Units.

Her compassion and love for her patients and their grieving families moved her to want to do more and to be more effective in interacting with her charges and their families.

She sought to increase her formal education and sought a Catholic College offering a BS degree in Psychology centering on the psychology of the dying. She chose St Joseph's College, Wyndam, Me., where she was the only grandmother in her class and the most popular person. She graduated as the President of her nursing class at the former Carney Hospital School of Nursing, South Boston Ma in 1953.

Services will be private and will be arranged by the Lowther Funeral Home, Vero Beach, Fl. A Mass celebrating her life will be scheduled at a later date at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Medford, Ma., where she was baptized, confirmed, educated through grammar school and married. She was graduated from St. Clements High School, Somerville, Ma.

An on-line guest book may be signed at www. lowtherfuneralhome.com. Donations may be made in her name to St Jude's Children's Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105