![]() She never lived in a space, room, or house where she didn't leave her personal, imaginative and creative touch. One favorite of hers was Brandywine Hospital where she volunteered her time with Physical Therapy patients.īarb had a passion and eye for detail in numerous aspects of her life from her unique fashion sense, her exquisite flower gardens, her charcoal drawings, her amazing talent with crafts and knitting that she would give as personal gifts, her own impressionist paintings and landscapes to her flair for decorating and remodeling she always had a vision. She would be present where she would be most needed and useful. ![]() Barbara was one to not shy away from volunteering. Her faith also allowed her to forgive people when they took advantage of her boundless generosity.īarbara was a generous person – she donated to charities too numerous to list here and opened her home to those that needed refuge. She was a woman of strong faith it allowed her to endure and recover from two bouts of stage four lymphoma with endless rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and a stem cell transplant procedure. She was a member of the Harvest Worship Center in Downingtown. She had a child-like curiosity and innocence that drew them to her. ![]() She was like a Pied Piper with kids – it wasn't unusual to see Barb surrounded by kids or climbing a tree with them and then hanging upside-down with them. There was no such person as an acquaintance, everyone was touched by her kindness, and remembered her even after a short chat. Everyone she met was a friend and she genuinely wanted to know how they were doing. Barbara had a vivacious personality and consistently made people around her laugh, feel at ease and accepted she brought calmness and peace to so many lives. She had an amazing ability to connect with people, young and old, from all walks of life and could relate to them on so many levels. Every year after tax season, Ben would close the CPA office and rent a house for two weeks at the shore in Ocean City, NJ and he and his family would always invite Barb to join them. She was so well loved by Ben, his wife Shelly, his family, Katie and Jake and indeed all eleven of Ben Valocchi siblings that she was "adopted" by the Valocchi clan. Each position she held was an experience to thrive and bring innovative ideas to the table and she did property management, bookkeeping, payroll and tax preparation for Ben. Barbara was his go to, right hand and girl Friday. From early years at the Exton mall to the farmers market to the last position she held as office manager for Ben Valocchi, CPA where she worked for over 15 years. It was here that Barbara found a house for herself and Barry on Hibernia Road and made it her home.īarbara was an essential employee at all job opportunities she encountered over her many years working. She and her cousins were as close as siblings and the friends she had made growing up at Roymar Hall in Coatesville were still her friends these many years later.īarbara graduated from Coatesville Area Senior High school and attended Vocational Technical school for art and design and was a member of DECA.Īfter high school some of the jobs where she was employed was at the Piercing Pagoda as the manager and in the office of Hayes Real Estate. She grew up in the Coatesville and Downingtown/Johnstown area surrounded by aunts and uncles, cousins and friends. She and her family had moved to Coatesville when they received news of her father's passing. She had lived in places from Michigan to Texas to Mississippi and finally Germany where she learned to speak German which allowed her to form a lifelong connection with her German aunt Lina. ![]() When she was young, she moved often she was an "Army Brat" from 1955 until 1962 when her father died serving his country in Korea. She was previously married to and divorced from Barry Hines with whom she had a son Daniel.īorn in Weinheim, Germany June 26, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Francesco Donato Corbo and Irma Jungmann Corbo. She was the partner of Keith Millington also of Downingtown, a constant in her life for over 20 years. Barbara Elsa Hines, 67, left this world peacefully after a brief time under home hospice care at her home, May 20, 2023, in Downingtown, PA. ![]()
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