Barbara J. (Bean) Samide, 66, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020 in Penn Hospice in Rittenhouse. She was the loving wife of the late Thomas D. Samide. Thomas passed June 7, 2020.
Born on January 1, 1954 in Orange, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Robert Bean and Jean (Fowler) Bean. She graduated from Livingston High School before attending and graduating from Bloomsburg University with a Masters in Education.
Barbara was an active member of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, Hamburg.
She was the Principal of Harry S. Truman Elementary in Salisbury Twp. for over ten years before retiring in 2015. Barbara loved the school and considered it her third child. Prior to being a Principal, Barbara was a school teacher at Brandywine Heights and other districts in Pennsylvania.
Barbara was an avid reader and enjoyed crafting, including making clothing for her grandchildren.
Surviving are her two children: Edward J. Samide and his wife, Angeli of North Wales and Laura A. (Samide) Tang and her husband, Kevin of Hoboken, NJ; three grandchildren, Jamella Samide, 8 years old, Lillian Tang, 3 years old and Grace Tang, 9 months old and a sister, Marjorie (Bean) Capasso and her husband, Louis of Downingtown.
Services are private and limited to family, however, the mass will be livestreamed on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 11am on Barbara's obituary page on the Burkey & Driscoll website. The staff at Burkey & Driscoll Funeral home, Hamburg are honored to assist the family.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Salisbury Education Student Activities Fund in memory of Barbara Samide at the Leader In Me Initiative, C/O Salisbury, Elementary School, 1400 Gaskell Ave., Allentown, PA 18013.
Fond memories, condolences and livestreaming may be found at www.burkeydriscoll.com
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