Mrs. Barbara Ann Hoyle

Mrs. Barbara Ann Hoyle, 91, passed away Tuesday morning, November 7, 2017 in Ocala, FL. Born in Worcester, MA on June 17, 1926, she was the daughter of James and Claire Koehler Reidy. Barbara graduated from Saint Cecilia’s High School in Kearny, New Jersey. During World War II, Barbara was one of the “Rosie the Riveters” having worked for US Steel and RCA assembling radar scopes for airplanes. After the war, Barbara worked as a secretary at Worcester Academy and met her husband at a post World War II dance in Millbury, MA. Barbara and her late husband lived in Lanesborough, MA where Barbara worked for the Town of Lanesborough school system and Baker Farm while her late husband was an engineer for General Electric. They settled in Pittsfield, MA where she raised four sons and worked for over 18 years as a secretary in the school system for the City of Pittsfield. Barbara and her late husband moved to Dunnellon, FL in retirement where she lived for 30 years before moving to the Windsor of Ocala assisted living center in 2015. Barbara was a devoted golfer at the Rainbow’s End Golf Club until the age of 86. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward “Lou” Hoyle, whom she married on November 25, 1948 and who passed away on September 27, 2007. Barbara is survived by her two children; Keith E. Hoyle and his wife Lisa, of Somersworth, NH and Michael J. Hoyle and his partner Mark Taggart of Wayland, MA. She also leaves behind five grandchildren; Lindsey Hoyle and Jamie Hoyle of Manhattan, NY, Enious Taggart of Wayland, MA, and Stephen Hoyle and Thomas Hoyle of Schodack, NY. She also leaves behind her sister; Mrs. Marion Desjardins of Sturbridge, MA. Barbara was also predeceased by her three children, Mary Ann in 1954, Stephen T. in 1978 and Kevin P. in 2010, as well as her six other siblings; James, Martin, Donald, Shirley, Lawrence and Jean. Funeral Notice: Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Ann Hoyle will be Monday, November 13, 2017 at 10 a.m. from the Dwyer Funeral Home, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Church, celebrated by the Rev. Michael J. Wood, Jr., Administrator. Burial will follow in Pittsfield Cemetery. Calling hours will be held Sunday, November 12, 2017 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Dwyer Funeral Home, 776 North St., Pittsfield, MA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations ma y be made to Boston Children’s Hospital, care of the Dwyer Funeral Home, in her memory. DONATIONS CANNOT BE MADE ONLINE, BUT MAY BE MADE THROUGH THE FUNERAL HOME.

Mrs. Barbara Ann Hoyle

June 17, 1926 - November 7, 2017