Barbara Wright
1924 – 2012

AGAWAM – Barbara (Miner) Wright, 88, died Tuesday, August 14th in the East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Home, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Wright was born in Springfield, January 10, 1924, one of six children, born to the late Marian & Charles Miner. She graduated from Commerce High School and was employed by the former Shawinigan Resins in Chicopee as an executive secretary, Third National Bank in the accounting department and the Worcester Federal Savings as a teller and Safe Deposit Manager. Mrs. Wright was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Harold S. Wright Sr. She leaves a daughter, Barbara Elsner and her husband George of Longmeadow, and a son Harold S. Wright, Jr., and his wife Paula, of Broad Brook, CT. She also leaves three grandchildren; Elizabeth Ruggiero of Columbia, CT; Christy Bartley of Bloomfield, CT; James Wright of East Granby, CT. and their partners. Also she leaves a brother George Miner of North Carolina. Visiting hours will be held at the Agawam Curran-Jones Funeral Home Saturday, August 18th, from 10:00am – 12:00 Noon with a funeral home service immediately following. Interment will be in the Agawam Center Cemetery. For online condolences please visit curranjones.com. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association Massachusetts Chapter, P.O. Box 408, Watertown, MA 02471.