Barbara E. Shooer
SHOOER: Barbara E. Shooer, on Nov. 3, 2022. Beloved mother of Linda Shooer and Robert Shooer. Sister of the late Philip Goldstein. Barbara is also survived by her niece, Karen Austin, great-niece Jenn Maron and great-nephew Sean Austin. Barbara was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, and moved to New York in the 1930s. She went to Queens College where she graduated with a master’s degree in speech therapy. She worked as a speech therapist for 49 years in the Plainview New York School District. Barbara had a deep love and appreciation for art, sculpture, music, opera and fine fashion. Barbara loved writing poetry and short stories and had a short story published in “Signatures 2016,” a book of poetry and prose. Barbara loved photography and traveling the world, but her greatest love was her family, to whom she was deeply devoted. She will be dearly missed. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation one hour prior to services (10- 11 a.m.). Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Barbara’s memory may be made to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Cyert Hall, 5000 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 or to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. schugar.com PJC
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