BARBARA ELIZABETH HALL March 4, 1923 – October 18, 2021

On Monday, October 18, 2021 at 5:33 p.m., Barbara Elizabeth Hall passed away peacefully at Heritage Waterside Assisted Living, in Daytona Beach, with Hospice care and her granddaughter, Kimberly, by her side. At 98 years old, it was a life well-lived – with love, adventures, family, and generosity and kindness for everyone she met.

Barbara Elizabeth Hall was born to Ruth (Merrill) Sewell and Newton F. Sewell in Boston, Massachusetts on March 4, 1923. As a child she moved to Lynn, MA., with her family and grew up with three brothers (Robert, Roy, and Donald Sewell). She graduated from Lynn High School in the class of 1941.

As a young woman during WWII, she was a "Rosie-the-Riveter", working on the altimeters for the airplanes at General Electric in Lynn, MA. In 1943, she married George D. Kelly and had a son, Raymond, born February 8, 1943. In 1946, she married Malcolm Burbank and had a daughter named Beverly, on February 11, 1947. In 1949, they moved to Castine, Maine where they lived at Maine's Maritime Academy and enjoyed clamming at the seashore during annual family visits. In 1952, they moved to Amesbury, a small town in Massachusetts, where "Mal" worked for GE as their Turbine Installation Manager, and where Barbara concentrated on raising her family. Her husband's work as an engineer for International General Electric (out of the Boston office) took him around the world and brought them to live in Munkebo, Denmark from 1960-1964, and where Barbara made life-long Danish friends. Upon returning from Denmark they bought a home on the Merrimack River in Amesbury and enjoyed family boating.

In 1971, she relocated from Massachusetts to South Florida with her daughter and granddaughter, and later married Robert (Bob) Hall in 1972. Upon her retirement in 1995, she moved to New Smyrna Beach to be near her daughter, Beverly, and son-in-law, Phil Hover.

Barbara was a stunning red-head who always dressed beautifully and had a fun and caring personality. With a child-like enthusiasm for life, she enjoyed talking with people and being in the know of current events and history that lead her to volunteer for many years at the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce. She also volunteered for years at the Drug-Free Youth organization where she worked with Katie Acres and made many long-time friends. Later, she volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store, in addition to utilizing her friendly nature helping people meet others in the (NSB) Newcomer's Club.

She actively participated in life by getting out and "going and doing". She enjoyed the arts and culture, nature, reading, traveling, being with family, and always kept up with world events, and the weather! Her ability to recall old dates and details always amazed her family, and her many funny sayings like, "her/his nibs", made them laugh.

She is survived by her son, Raymond Burbank; daughter-in-law, Linda Burbank; two grandsons, Robert and Sean Burbank; two great grandsons, Robin and Raymond Burbank; her daughter, Beverly Hover; son-in-law, Phil Hover; and granddaughter, Kimberly Hover. Her final wishes were to be cremated with no funeral service. She was very loved and will be greatly missed. In her final days, when it was difficult for her to speak, she whispered, "Don't go faster than your angels can fly", and gave a wink. May she forever Rest in Peace with her angels.