Obituary of Dorothy Barbara Mallard

D. Barbara Mallard, 55, of Peabody, died Monday at the Twin Oaks Nursing Home in Danvers after a short illness. She was born in Salem on July 1, 1951, the daughter of Dorothy (Proulx) Mallard and the late John Mallard and had resided here all her life. She had resided with the Bass River Group home in Peabody. Her favorite choir was a food preparer for eleven years at the Bass River Day Program in Beverly. She enjoyed making other people smile weather at the cafeteria, the laundry or at the group home. Barbara loved to have her nails polished and working on her jig-saw puzzles. She also liked to draw and do colors. She is survived by her mother of Danvers, MA, three brothers and two sisters-in-law, John Mallard and Paul and Mary Mallard all of Peabody, and Robert and Jackie Mallard of Lynn, a sister and brother-in-law, Janice and Chris Cornet of Peabody, her group home companions and many nieces, nephews and cousins. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday at 10:00 AM at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home at the 82 Lynn St. Peabody facility. Internment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Salem. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Bass River Inc. 433 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915 in her memory.