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Barbara Jean Mandell, 89, of West Stockbridge

Barbara lived a life full of love, laughter, and music. She was passionate about her family and friends and was adored by all who knew her. She will be sorely missed.

Barbara Jean Mandell passed peacefully at her home in West Stockbridge on April 17, 2024. She was 89. Barbara was born in Oil City, Penn., and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was a graduate of the High School of Music & Art and Hunter College.

After a career teaching in the New York City public school system, Barbara retired to her beloved Berkshires, where she resided for over 40 years. Her home away from home was Tanglewood, where she volunteered as an archivist and delighted in attending concerts of the BSO, chamber ensembles, and student orchestras.

Barbara had an encyclopedic knowledge of classical music and the uncanny ability to, at the drop of a hat, sing any number from the Great American Songbook. A voluminous reader, she volunteered to make audio recordings of books for the blind.

Barbara lived a life full of love, laughter, and music. She was passionate about her family and friends and was adored by all who knew her. She will be sorely missed.

Barbara is survived by her son Barney Charlon, his wife Linda Bennett, and their daughter Molly Charlon of Washington, D.C.; her stepson James Mandell and his wife Lisa Johnson Mandell of Las Vegas, Nev.; her stepson Jeffrey Mandell and his wife Abigail Jones of Beverly Hills, Calif., their son Alex Mandell of Los Angeles, Calif., and their daughter Juliana Mandell and her husband Nathan Powell of Boulder, Colo.; her sister Eleanor Stern of San Rafael, Calif.; her niece Alison Erde of Eugene, Ore.; her nephew Charles Erde of Arden, N.C.; her niece Marcie Judelson and her husband David Matthews of San Francisco, Calif.; her niece Amy Pivar and her husband Edward DeLong of Kailua, Hawaiii; and her niece Marjorie Pivar of Brattleboro, Vt. Edward Mandell, Barbara’s husband of over 30 years, died in 2005.

To send remembrances to her family, please visit the website of Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home.

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