Barbara L. HYNES

AYER - Barbara L. (Hynes) Cote, 87, an Ayer resident nearly seven decades and a retired school worker in town, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Apple Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ayer. She was the wife of George H. Cote, who died May 25, 1991.She was born in Harvard on Jan. 21, 1917, a daughter of Franklin and Christine (Sawyer) Hynes. She has resided in Ayer for nearly 70 years.For 20 years, Mrs. Cote worked at Ayer High School in the cafeteria, retiring in 1982. Prior to that she worked at St. Mary's School in Ayer.She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church, and a member of its Catholic Daughters of America. She was a former member of the Ayer Parent Teacher Association.Mrs. Cote is survived by three sons, George H. Cote Jr. of Harvard, Frank H. Cote of Ayer, and Leon A. "Barney" Cote of Newton; three brothers, Warren Hynes of Alexandria, Va., John Hynes of Pepperell, Frank Hynes of Harvard; a sister, Katherine Clark of Ayer; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.She was also the sister of Marion Wood of Ayer, who died in November, Waldo Hynes of Harvard, Edward Hynes of Worcester, Eleanor Carlson of Harvard and Abigail Squires of Ohio. Published in the Lowell Sun on 1/13/2005.