Barbara A. Everett

Barbara A. Tolman (Darwin) Everett Febuary 28, 1917 December 12, 2015 Barbara A. Tolman (Darwin) Everett, 98, passed onto new adventures on December 12, 2015. She was born February 28, 1917 in Toledo, Ohio to John R. Tolman and Mary K. Mull Tolman. She was educated in Arlington, MA and graduated from Newton High School. Barby grew up enriching her creative artistic talents by studying art, violin, ice skating, and horseback riding. Attending the Massachusetts College of Art, Barby excelled at painting and watercolor. After graduation Barbara bravely traveled out west and spent time in art colonies in New Mexico and Arizona, enriching her style and increasing her throng of dear friends and admirers wherever she went. Barbara enjoyed a long career at a greeting card company; her whimsical watercolors gracing notecards for decades. After her retirement and the death of her first husband, Barbara at the urging of friends moved from Derry, New Hampshire to Falmouth Maine. A windjammer cruise changed the direction of her life when she discovered a bond with Matinicus Island, home of her fathers' ancestors. She met and married Vernon ""Bill"" Everett of Falmouth in September 1988, who also had a Matinicus connection. They bought a summer home on Matinicus and enjoyed 27 wonderful years together. Barbara embraced her newly extended family when she married Bill. She also had a large network of devoted friends/adopted family with whom she enjoyed travel, art and celebrations. Barby saw beauty in all of nature and was an avid photographer. She enjoyed dancing, decorating, antiques and bargain shopping. Her special passions were flower-gardening, her cats and driving around in her white LeBaron convertible. Her joyful spirit was contagious, she recognized and celebrated the best in everyone. Barbara was predeceased by her husband, Bill on December 4, 2015. She is survived by cousins Ronald W. Parkhurst from Makawao, Maui, Wayne Marshall from Freedom, New Hampshire, Barry Marshall from Pacific Groves, California, Sally Marshall from St. Petersburg, Florida, Ann (Everett) and John Mitchell of Matinicus Island, and Susan (Everett) and Scott Swan of Glenrock, Wyoming. A spring 2016 burial will be on Mantinicus Island, Maine date to be announced. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.athutchins.com

Barbara A. Everett

February 28, 1917 - December 12, 2015

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