Barbara Mitchell

Barbara Chidley Mitchell, 97, died March 12, 2012 at the Huntington Common Assisted Living facility in Kennebunk, Maine. She was the daughter of the Reverend Howard J. Chidley and Florence Burrows Chidley and the widow of the Reverend Jonathan N. Mitchell, her husband of 52 years, who died in 1992.
Mrs. Mitchell grew up in Winchester, MA. She graduated from The Winsor School in Boston in 1932 and received her BA degree from Vassar College in 1936. Her husband was the rector of parishes in Arkansas, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Ohio, before retiring in 1978. He was the rector of St. Stephen's Church in Columbus, Ohio for twenty years. Upon retirement he and Mrs. Mitchell made their home in South Conway where they had summered since 1950.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her son James E. Mitchell of Kaufman, Texas; her daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Ginestet of Mirror Lake, New Hampshire; five grandchildren and three great-grand children.
A family gathering will be held in her honor at a later date.