Nancy Eileen Barrett's Obituary
Nancy Eileen Chavern Barrett RN MBA, a Baylor Hospital administrator, was born December 11, 1948 in Pittsburgh PA and died September 11, 2010 while at home in Dallas. She was the daughter of Betty C. and Hugh Chavern MD and the oldest of five children including Suzanne Bozell of Knoxville, TN, James Chavern of Boulder, CO, Edward Chavern of Pittsburgh, PA and David Chavern of Falls Church, VA. Nancy and her husband. Richard L. Barrett, Lt.Col USAFR (retired) had three children, Richard L. Barrett Jr. of Dallas, Jeffrey Barrett of Irving and Nicole Thornburg of Plano. She was the loving grandmother of the four grandchildren two from Jeffrey and Mindy Barrett, Reser and Justice, and two from Tony and Nicole Thornburg, Piper and Jack. Nancy graduated from Texas Tech University at Lubbock, the University of Las Vegas for her, RN, and the University of Northern Colorado, with a Masters in Healthcare Administration. She was a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and supported the autism society as a local chapter president in Tucson Arizona She is truly missed and was known by her friends as a confirmed reader with technical and historical interests and was pleasured by theater, art, dance, and symphony. She and her husband traveled extensively and spent several weeks rather joyfully walking about Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungry, returning home on the very day of her life’s sudden end. Services will take place Friday September 17 3:30 PM at the Restland’s Memorial Chapel at Greenville and Walnut, and internment at a future time at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Thursday from 6 PM to 8 PM and again Friday at 2:45 PM right before the service.
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