Barbara Ann Ferguson

Cabot VT– Barbara Ann Ferguson, 79, formerly of Cabot since 2005, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born to the late Harold Michael and Charlotte Avery Mooney on January 8, 1936, a twin with Richard Mooney her brother.
Barbara attended and graduated from Bayshore High School, in Bayshore Long Island, NY, where she grew up. She then went to school and graduated as a Lab Technician. She became the head Lab Technician at the South Side Hospital in Bayshore and worked there for 12 years.
In 1969 she and her husband Duncan bought and administrated the Ferguson Rest Home in Clinton, Massachusetts for over 36 years.
Barbara was an active member of the Sterling Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sterling, Massachusetts, working with the youth Pathfinder Club for years.
Barbara was an avid animal lover and over the years she trained and competed her horses and cats and won many ribbons and trophies. She was an excellent rider, as she began riding lessons as a child. Barbara spent time loving and training her horses. She especially enjoyed going to horse shows and competing. Her passion was love for animals until she passed.
Barbara was a terrific mother and grandmother. She taught all her family by example to always be caring and loving to anyone who was in need. She never gave it a second thought to sacrifice for others. Barbara is survived by: her brother, Richard Mooney; her daughter, Kathy Charlestream and her husband Glee; her son, Thomas Duncan Ferguson and his wife Cynthia; her nieces, Sandy Albrecht and Debbie Strade; her 7 grandchildren; and her 6 great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held for Barbara at 4:00 pm on Saturday, February 7, 2015 in
the Barre Seventh-day Adventist Church in 297 Vine St.-Berlin, Barre, VT. The Hooker
and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy Street, Barre, is assisting with arrangements.