Barbara Caldwell

Barbara A Caldwell- "Barb" -

Barb passed away on June 15th at the Hospice House in Merrimack NH after a long tiring battle with re-occurring metastatic breast cancer, and multiple myeloma. She was 72 years old. She had both of her children at her side at the time of her death. The daughter of Leona Pearl (Tebbetts) Wheeler, and Kenneth Massey was born at home in a farm house in Walden, VT on Oct 19th, 1939 (at 3:30 in the morning, as she would tell all of her nurses every time they asked for a name and birthdate.) She relocated to Lowell, Massachusetts in the early 1960's where she raised her children as a single mother. She worked as a Certified Nurse's Aide for Kelly Health Care services for several years. She also worked at Stackpole Fibers/Zoltek Corp before becoming disabled in 1992. She moved to Nashua, New Hampshire in 2008.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Carla Wheeler and her husband Dana Wheeler of Princeton, MA. Her son James Caldwell of Nashua and his former wife, Lynn Caldwell of Plaistow, NH. Her three grandchildren, Timothy Wheeler,(18)Emily Caldwell,(12) and Cassidy Caldwell. (8) Her brother Raymond E. Massey, her sister Lindy Lou Lombard both of Barre, VT, and Her brother Larry D. Wheeler of Holden, MA. As well as several nieces and nephews. She also leaves the love of her life, Mr.Taso Golios, of Lakewood, Florida and his daughters, Valerie Golios, and Mrs. Kassie Rhoades of Plymouth, NH.
She is predeceased by her parents, her former husband Ronald Caldwell, her brother ,Lynn Wheeler , her brother Frank Ranney, her sister Carolyn( Ranney )Parker, and brother in law, Alden "Chip" Parker, as well as her granddaughter Heather Ann Wheeler, and her grandson Daniel Joseph Wheeler.

She really loved music, especially that of, Elvis Aaron Presley, and of her long-time friend, Dick Curless, as well as Johnny and June Cash who she also had the pleasure of meeting. Her most treasured memory was of going to Graceland after her initial diagnosis in 2003. Her favorite past times were crotcheting, charcoal drawing, painting, cooking, and watching television. She also had a great love of dining out at Ruby Tuesdays, where she could get her favorite dessert of tiramisu, and drink a Heineken. Her favorite shows included American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, and of course, as anyone of her caregivers could tell you, "One Life to Live." Barb would want you to know, that when you believe that you aren't going to make it through, the love of family, and good friends makes it a lot easier to bear. She would also like to extend special thanks to all of helped out, and made the journey easier.

She would want donations to be made to the American Cancer Society, and to the American Diabetes Foundation.

Special thanks to the Susan G. Komen foundation for paying for all hospice care related to breast cancer patients, and also to all of her caregivers at St. Joseph's hospital, and home and hospice.