Barbara A. Hardy, enjoyed sewing, cooking

Barbara A. (Jones) Hardy, 82, of Georgetown, passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, peacefully surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 17, 1940, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., daughter of the late Ernest and Cecilia Jones-Roberts.

 After moving to Wilmington in 1952, she attended Conrad High School, then Wilmington General Nursing School. She had a long career as an operating room nurse at Wilmington General and later Christiana hospitals. She and her husband, John, would later move to Georgetown. Barbara had many hobbies, including sewing, cooking and knitting. She was a member of St. Jude the Apostle Church. Barbara was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and will be missed by many.

Barbara was preceded by her beloved husband John; and her parents. She is survived by her son, Ken (Eileen); grandchildren, Tim, Chris (Audra), Caitlyn and Taylor; great-grandchildren, Loralei and Tilley; brother-in-law, Ed Hardy; and her sisters, Judy (Jim) Barger, Margie (Errol) Roberts, Erna (John) Bullock and Aileen Murray.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 21, at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes, where friends may call beginning at 10 a.m. Interment will follow Mass at 1 p.m., at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro.

All who cannot attend in person are invited to join the services at St. Jude the Apostle via livestream by visiting the following link on their website: youtube.com/channel/UC2vnHlr2UccJsuItv_Xrzhg.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.

Barbara enjoyed being on the sewing committee of her church. In lieu of flowers, her family asks to consider donations in Mrs. Hardy’s memory to the sewing committee of St Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes, DE 19958.

Visit Mrs. Hardy’s Life Memorial webpage and sign her virtual guestbook at parsellfuneralhomes.com.