Carol Barron

Carol Knight Barron passed away 5/22/2013. She was born in Boston MA 7/28/24 and orphaned at the age of 14, living with relatives in the Hartford area during the Great Depression. She supported herself by caring for other’s children while she was in high school and later with Franklin Credit as a typist and a skip tracer. During WWII, Carol became a second shift drill press operator and OD grinder at Pratt and Whitney while working as a cashier at the Spaghetti Palace on days off. Carol and Jim Barron Jr married in 1948, purchasing a house and property on Oxford Street which is still in the family as rental apartments, storage and parking. She later retired from Hartford Hospital as a nuclear med tech. Both she and Jim enjoyed playing tennis at Elizabeth and other Hartford parks and rode their bikes around Hartford when they were able to do so. Until recent years, Carol loved yoga, practicing daily, and studied judo. The Barrons loved to travel and spent a good amount of time in the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Spain, Mexico, Florida and New England. For many years, she claimed addiction to DoubleCrostic puzzles, taking them with her wherever she traveled and working them for hours daily. Carol was fairly fluent in Spanish and had studied Russian. Her interest in cooking led to experimenting with recipes and spices. She amassed a very large eclectic collection of music on LPs, cassette tapes, and CDs - with emphasis on Broadway musicals, classical music, music of the 40’s and Shakespearean plays. When Carol’s mind and body started to fail, her last years were spent living at Brookdale Place Assisted Living. The family is grateful to the staff there for her care, the Hebrew Hospice for their care and to her aide and companion Kay. Carol Barron is predeceased by James Barron, her husband of 63 years, and her son Roger Barron. She is survived by her son Bradley Barron of Hartford; her daughter Shirlee Grabko and husband Bill Manning of Sharps Chapel TN; her grandson Tobias and his wife Carey Kaplan of Coeur d’Alene ID; and her great-grandchildren Bonham (3) and Ocoee (1) Kaplan of Coeur d’Alene. Graveside services will be held at Mt. Saint Benedict Cemetery TODAY May 24th at 10 a.m.

Carol Barron

July 28, 1924 - May 22, 2013