Barbara Brennan Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Barbara Craig Brennan August 20, 1932 – January 26, 2014 Barbara Craig Brennan, 81, long-time resident of West Copake, New York, died peacefully in Moraga, California. Born to the late Joseph and Alma Craig and raised in Apple River, Illinois, Barbara graduated from the Platteville State Teachers College in Wisconsin and later received her master’s degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She taught elementary school for many years, first in the Hudson City School District and then at Roeliff Jansen and Taconic Hills. She and Edward Joseph Brennan were married in 1956 and moved to West Copake in 1963. Edward died in 2002. Barbara was also predeceased by her grandson, John Robert Carrick, in 2010, and by her sister, Lois Slaght, in 2012. She is survived by her children Paul Brennan and his wife Annie, Mary Ann Carrick and her husband James, Sara Brennan and her husband Ed Gump, Patrick Brennan and his wife Anne Ferry, and Laura Brennan; grandchildren Edward Carrick, Richard Carrick, Grace Anne Carrick, Lucy Brennan and Gloria Ferry Brennan; great-grandson Laszlo McDowell; and her sister’s daughters Suzanne Wright and Cathy Willis. Those who knew Barbara will remember what a beautiful spirit she had, and with what loving kindness she smiled on everyone. There will be a memorial service at the West Copake Reformed Church (2692 County Route 7 Copake, NY) on Saturday, February 22 at 11:00, and the family will receive friends at the Brennan family home afterward. Share a memory of Barbara – or of “Mrs. Brennan,” as she was known to the hundreds of students she taught over the years www.saccomcdonaldvalenti.com

Barbara Brennan

August 20, 1932 - January 26, 2014