Wednesday, October 18, 2017 6:59 am

VENICE, Fla. - Barbara Libby Haley Gerrish, 101, of Venice, Fla., died on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. She was born on May 11, 1916 in East Rochester, N.H. She was a former resident of Rochester and Goose Rocks Beach, Maine until she moved to Venice in 1972.
Barbara was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Venice; Life member of HAV and she received a pin representing that she volunteered with the hospital for over 9,000 hours; Garden Club in New Hampshire, Maine and Venice; Rebecca Lodge; Knitting & Sewing for Shrine Children's Burn Center; Eastern Star; Mary Torr DARR; Venice Chapter DAR; Venice Yacht Club member for 24 years; and she loved art and showed her paintings at the Venice Art League.
Barbara is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sarah H. Gerrish and two great-grandsons, Liam M. Connolly, Logan E. Connolly all of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Randolph W. Gerrish, Sr.; a son, Randolph W. Gerrish, Jr.; a sister, Edwina H. Clark; and a granddaughter, Tamara L. Connolly.