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• For your safety and the safety of our staff, you must wear a mask when entering the funeral home.
• We will not be allowing more than  25 people  in the funeral home at a given time, therefore, we kindly ask that you limit your visitation time in order to accommodate other visitors that may be waiting to enter the chapel.
• We also ask that you please follow all  CDC guidelines  before entering the funeral home. Please call (718) 745 - 1445 for more information.

 Thank You, 
 Clavin Funeral Home 

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Visiting: Monday (12/28) 2 - 6 PM
Funeral Mass: Tuesday (12/29) 10:30 AM @ Our Lady of Angels Church
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island, NY)

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   In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations in Barbara's memory to:   

 Pediatric Retinal Research Foundation 

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  The funeral mass for Barbara Ann Barros will be livestreamed.  

  To access please click  HERE   

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My mother, Barbara Barros, was the daughter of Joseph and Minna Rich.
She was born and raised in Brooklyn, graduated from Fontbonne Hall Academy and attended St. John's University, Brooklyn.  She worked as the payroll secretary at P.S. 104 and later in the Special Ed Department of New Utrecht High School until she retired.  After she retired, she pursued her passion for antiques and started her buisiness - Quailcrest Antiques.

Barbara was married to the love of her life, Anthony Barros.  She was the beloved mother of Dianne Barros Mastrianni and her son-in-law Joseph Mastrianni.  She was Grandma to Jennifer and Eric Mastrianni and Great Grandma to Adam Sorge.  Barbara was survived by her sister Joyce Robilotti and by many cousins, nephews and nieces.

My mother was a woman who lived life to the fullest.  She was strong, energetic, passionate, intelligent, interesting and funny.  Besides her family, she had many friends and loved going out to dinner, dancing and seeing her favorite bands and singers perform.  She was a great story teller.  She loved to talk and was a good listener.  She lived life her way.  She found joy in the little things in life and appreciated beauty in all that surrounded her.

In a recent conversation,  my mother told me that she loved her life.

She was loved and will be missed tremendously.

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Don't grieve for me for now I'm free,
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call:
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I found my place at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joys.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things I too shall miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow:
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savoured much;
Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch.

Perhaps my life seemed all too brief:
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me;
God wanted me now, He set me free.