Barbara Ann Castellani

(CASTELLANI) Barbara Ann, age 90 passed away peacefully on Friday February 25, at VillaCrest Nursing & Retirement Home in Manchester, NH. She was born and raised in Framingham, MA and graduated from Framingham High School but moved to Manchester in 1971 and called it her home for over 50 years.

Barbara's talents were many, she was an extremely accomplished, golfer and cook, a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother. Preceded in death by her parents Raymond and Dorothy Hilliard, her older sister Elizabeth "Betty" Hilliard and younger brother Owen Hilliard, her beloved first husband Robert Thurston Gray in 1967 and her second husband of 34 years Richard Castellani in 2006. She is survived by daughter Linda Driggs, son Barry Gray and his wife Kathrin; 1 granddaughter Leah Driggs and 2 grandsons Ryan and Conner Gray and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

A minister will officiate a spring time inurnment, date and time to be determined.