BARBARA B. MOCKALIS
Barbara Ann Blanchard Mockalis, age 82, beloved wife of 62 years to Arthur Raymond Mockalis, died on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.
Barbara was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of the late Frank J. Blanchard and Dorothy Moran Blanchard and grew up in Manchester, Connecticut. She graduated from Manchester High School, where she was a majorette. It was in Manchester where she met the love of her life, Arthur. They married in Biloxi, Mississippi, in May of 1957. She retired from the State of Connecticut after 20 years as a medical records specialist. Barbara loved the excitement of taking mystery rides to unknown destinations and surprise parties. She loved people and was great at staying in contact with family and friends. Barbara was very active within the Notre Dame Catholic Church in Durham, Connecticut, and sang in the church choir. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Surviving in addition to her husband, Arthur, are two children, Jeffrey Peter Mockalis and his wife, Dawn, of Sumter and Kimberly Ann Cordon of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; one brother, Anthony Blanchard and Deborah Sullivan of Ellicott City, Maryland, and Ft. Myers, Florida; four grandchildren, James, Benjamin, Isabella and Elizabeth;and four great-grandchildren, Cordellia, Hadley, Rosalee and Camden.
A funeral service will be held on Sunday at Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be announced in the spring of 2019 by Doolittle's Funeral Home, Middletown, Connecticut.
The family will receive friends on Sunday one hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ronald McDonald House, 566 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3A 0G7; St. Jude Children's Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105; or to the charity of one's choice. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family's guest book.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.