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Barbara Louise Griswold Bishop

Birth
Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Death
7 Aug 2013 (aged 94)
Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section L55
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Died at age 94 years. Graduated from Westfield High School in NJ with honors and was voted Best Woman Athlete in 1937. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley MA. She worked for Foster D. Snell Co. and Merck Chemical Co.

Married to Arthur Douglas Bishop of Lisbon, NH, a lieutenant in the US Naval Aviation Corps on January 9, 1943. They lived for a time in Wayland, Ma then in 1948 moved to Shelburne where they owned and ran Wellsmont Orchard until 2005. Barabara was a resident at The Arbors of Greenfield when she passed. She was predeceased by her husband Arthur in 1998 and a son Robert in 1980, a grandson Jeffrey in 1998 and a daughter in law Marianne in 2007.

She is survived by two sons David and his wife Marcia Schuhle of Greenfield and Richard of Shelburne. She leaves three grandchildren Christopher and his wife Jamie of Potomac Falls, Virginia; Jamieson and his wife Jamie of Buckland of Buckland, Ma and Katherine of Washington D.D.; 5 great-grandchildren Lily, Stephen,Andrew, Grayson and Charlotte; and a niece Judy Armstrong and husband Lorrimer of Orleans, Ma.

Smith-Keller Funeral Home of Greenfield, Ma.
Died at age 94 years. Graduated from Westfield High School in NJ with honors and was voted Best Woman Athlete in 1937. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley MA. She worked for Foster D. Snell Co. and Merck Chemical Co.

Married to Arthur Douglas Bishop of Lisbon, NH, a lieutenant in the US Naval Aviation Corps on January 9, 1943. They lived for a time in Wayland, Ma then in 1948 moved to Shelburne where they owned and ran Wellsmont Orchard until 2005. Barabara was a resident at The Arbors of Greenfield when she passed. She was predeceased by her husband Arthur in 1998 and a son Robert in 1980, a grandson Jeffrey in 1998 and a daughter in law Marianne in 2007.

She is survived by two sons David and his wife Marcia Schuhle of Greenfield and Richard of Shelburne. She leaves three grandchildren Christopher and his wife Jamie of Potomac Falls, Virginia; Jamieson and his wife Jamie of Buckland of Buckland, Ma and Katherine of Washington D.D.; 5 great-grandchildren Lily, Stephen,Andrew, Grayson and Charlotte; and a niece Judy Armstrong and husband Lorrimer of Orleans, Ma.

Smith-Keller Funeral Home of Greenfield, Ma.

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  • Created by: DeeB
  • Added: Dec 6, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121330948/barbara_louise-bishop: accessed ), memorial page for Barbara Louise Griswold Bishop (11 Mar 1919–7 Aug 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121330948, citing Arms Cemetery, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by DeeB (contributor 47264619).