Lucy Barnhart
March 20, 1922 — April 22, 2015
A lovely woman with a beautiful soprano voice has joined the choir of angels in heaven. Lucy Harris Barnhart of New Braunfels, Texas and formerly of Framingham, Massachusetts and Sidney, New York died April 22, 2015. She was born March 20, 1922 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania to the late Chester E. Harris and Beatrice Frantom Harris. She graduated from Sidney Central High School in 1940. She worked in Scintilla as a draftsman until she met Harry E. Barnhart, the love of her life. They were married January 14, 1943. They settled in Sidney, NY where they raised their three children. Her love of books led her to work at the Sidney Public Library. And, when her husband changed jobs and they moved, she worked at the Framingham Public Library where she was bookkeeper and drove the bookmobile. Upon a subsequent move, Lucy worked in the library at the Penn State Milton H. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. When her husband died in 1970, she returned to work at the Framingham Public Library in MA. In retirement Lucy enjoyed traveling with her friends. She also enjoyed spending winters in Florida. She will be missed by friends she met during her life, and certainly by her two traveling companions, Ruth Heckman and Ruth Donolio. Lucy was preceded in death by her husband Harry E. Barnhart, her youngest son Paul John Barnhart, her brother Kenneth John Harris, and her sister Myerl Harris Roloson. She is survived by her daughter Sharon Hager (husband Joseph) of New Braunfels, TX, her son Jerad H. Barnhart (wife Arlene) of Israel; a daughter-in-law Susan Barnhart of Marlboro, MA; grandchildren Matthew H. Hager (wife Brandi) of Cheyenne, WY, CathyAnn McGee (husband Andy) of Eagle River, AK, Christine Hager of Schertz, TX, and Benjamin Barnhart of Israel; great grandchildren Weston, Cassidy and Paige Hager, and Brady, Landry, Lily and Scott McGee; as well as several nieces and a nephew. A celebration of her life will be held at her daughter's home. And, a graveside memorial service will be held in Sidney, NY on a future date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent to the First Congregational Church in Sidney, NY or the Edwards Congregational Church in Framingham, MA.
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