Barbara Ann Vanfradenburg

BARBARA ANN (CASSIDY) VANFRADENBURG OF FLORENCE, SC, FORMERLY OF WHITE LAKE, NY, DIED PEACEFULLY ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2024. SHE WAS 88 YEARS OLD. THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES & ANN STAUBLE, SHE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 4, 1935 IN YONKERS, NY.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER CHILDREN: DEBORAH VANWOLDE & PARTNER MATTHEW REED OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA, ANNMARIE PICARD & HUSBAND JAMES OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA, STEPHEN CASSIDY & WIFE ANN OF INTERLACHEN FLORIDA, & CATHERINE RODE & HUSBAND TERRY OF BEVERLY HILLS FLORIDA. STEP DAUGHTERS NANCY MATRAFAILO & HUSBAND PETE OF YOUNGSVILLE NY, DONNA TYLER & HUSBAND ED OF BETHEL NY, JANICE ZELLER & HUSBAND ROBERT OF PORT JERVIS NY. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, & COUSINS.

SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND RONALD CASSIDY, HUSBAND ROY VANFRADENBURG, INFANT SON RONALD CASSIDY, SISTERS MARILYN (COOKIE)DUANE, & PATRICIA BRENNAN, & SISTER IN LAW MARYETTA VANFRADENBURG. HER HEART WAS SHATTERED WITH THE LOSS OF HER BELOVED DOG, & BEST FRIEND DOOBIE, & HER COMPANION FOR 3 YEARS, LOBO.

IN 1954 SHE MARRIED RONALD CASSIDY & STARTED THEIR FAMILY. THEY MOVED TO SMALLWOOD, NY IN 1965. AFTER HIS PASSING IN 1972, SHE RAISED HER 4 CHILDREN ALONE, WORKING AS AN AID AT THE CORNELIUS DUGGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DANNYS FAIR ACRES RESTAURANT & EL MONACOS MOTEL & RESTAURANT. SHE BELONGED TO THE SCHOOL PTA, ST. JOSEPHS CHURCH. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER COMMUNITY. SHE TOOK MANY TRIPS WITH HER CHILDREN TO GAME FARMS, BRONX ZOO, & THE LOCAL FIREMENS BEACH. SHE WORKED ENDLESSLY TO GIVE HER CHILDREN ALL SHE COULD, & THEY WILL CHERISH THE MEMORIES OF ALL THE CHRISTMASES WITH A LIVING ROOM FULL OF PRESENTS.

IN 1988 SHE MARRIED ROY VANFRADENBURG, & WERE THE OWNERS OF ROYS SPORT SHOP IN MONGAUP VALLEY. IN 2004 THEY RETIRED TO THEIR HOME IN SUMMERFIELD, FLORIDA. SHE SPENT HER DAYS IN HER NUMEROUS FLOWER GARDENS. SHE WAS AN AMAZING & STRONG WOMAN & MOTHER.

SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A LOVING MOTHER, WHO LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY. SHE ALWAYS PUT HER CHILDREN & FAMILY FIRST. SHE WOULD GO WITHOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD. SHE TAUGHT THEM TO BE CARIING, KIND, HONEST, RESPECTFUL, & TO ALWAYS DO THEIR BEST. SHE LOVED HER LIFE, & SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY. SHE WAS THE QUEEN AT PLAYING PARCHESSI BEATNG ALL WHOM SHE PLAYED. SHE LOVED PLAYING CARDS, GOING TO BINGO & PENNY SOCIALS, & KEEPING A METICULOUS HOME. SHE WAS A FRIEND TO ALL SHE KNEW & MET.

SINCE 2004, SHE OVERCAME MANY OBSTACLES, MEDICALLY & NUMEROUS LOSSES OF LOVED ONES. HER CARING HEART, & LOVE OF LIFE WILL LEAVE A VOID FOR ALL WHO KNEW HER, BUT ESPECIALLY TO HER CHILDREN. THE ENORMOUS HEARTBREAK, & LOSS WILL LAST FOREVER.

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