I'm very sorry for your loss. I only just learned about Barb's passing (7/7/14) when thinking about her and trying to find her on Facebook. I thought maybe something happened and found this...I'm so, so sad. I didn't know Barb well, but did know her through Slow Food. I though she was one of the most vibrant, lovely people I've met. I was lucky to have met her and have her grace my experience.

Dear futher it me Charles your son from Tanzania, l believe you doing well it was very saddened to me hear my mother death.lam still in shock from reading about my mom it a big pain in my life,l love because she the one give me another hope .l miss her smile in the first time when we meet in Tanzania, l loss the person who fight for my life, l love you all and l pray to you all be bless.       From you son Charles

Barbara was a wonderful friend who always tried to help others, and she has helped me a lot. It was an honor and the blessing to have known her.
Thank you dear Barbara! I shall miss you!

Dear Mike, 

Please accept our deepest condolences for your loss of Barb. We wish that the wonderful memories that you have of your years together continue and sustain you, and that providence comforts you in this time of loss. Our best wishes are to you and your family. 

Al Gasiewski and Rachel Lum

Dear Mike, Megan, Sara,

Our deepest condolences for the loss of a beautiful and vibrant and perky wife, mother, and friend to many.  Our prayers and best wishes go out to all of you.  David Makowski & Rachel Homer

Barbara was a wonderful sister.  She was always full of joy and loved people. I think  of her everyday. She was such a giver.  There is no one like Barbara. I love her with my whole heart. She wanted to have the rocket for the kids to throw the balls in. I will miss her every day. Love, Dale

Dear Mike, Sara and Megan
It is with joy I remember Barb full of energy, excitement, grace and beauty but I will miss her friendly smile and her warmth of being. Those qualities will never be forgotten. My heart goes out to all of your family.

This picture captures Barb's amazing spirit that will never be forgotten.  I will always remember Barb for her wonderful Easter celebrations that I was always welcomed into, her #1 banana bread recipe that I continue to make for my kids, and her contagious laughter/smile!  Fill the holes in your heart with wonderful memories during this difficult time.  Love to you all!

This picture captures Barb's amazing spirit that will never be forgotten!  I will alway remember her for the wonderful Easter celebrations she put on that I was always welcomed into, her #1 banana bread recipe that I continue to make for my kids, and her contagious laughter/smile.  Fill the hole in your heart with wonderful memories during this very difficult time! Love to you all!!

Barbara Hardesty was a great friend and a beautiful person. Thanks for all, Barbara.

From all the comments on this webpage, Barb showed us ALL how to really live!  We had to "do this.!" or "do that.!" when we came out to Colorado - and we always had a great life experience because Barb showed us how.  Mike, we think of you just quietly smiling at all the travel ideas, the trekking suggestions, and next big thing.  You've played a pretty darn good "straight man" and a "rock of stability" for an amazing run on life.  Barb lives on through you, Megan and Sara and as extended family we celebrate her life with you!  We truly think of Barb everyday and she will continue to be an inspiration for us.  As you know, Barb has inspired Debbie and Tammy in so many ways and brother Brad and I along with our kids get to benefit!  There are many, many Barb-ism's alive and well with our family...and we will certainly keep our tradition of attempting to make her incredible salted chocolate chip cookies on her birthday every year.  It was great for our families to get together while you were in Maryland, we are blessed to have that time together (and were even blessed with catching a few blue crabs).  We'll see you guys some time soon.  Love, East Coast Cousins - Dan, Debbie, Will(12), Charley(10),and Jack(7) / and Brad, Tammy, Logan(6) and Emmy(3).

Barb was a joy to have known and so it is such a sad loss for all of her friends.  I have never met someone with more pizzazz and thus it is fitting that she requested a pizza party as part of her memorial.

Barb was the best friend ever. She took care of my kids when I was sick and taught me many cooking tips. We shared a love for art and all things Italian. We can't make her memorial but plan to light a candle in Rome not for religious purposes but because she had a contagious spark that made us all feel better. She will be missed. kim and paul saporito

Mike, I was terribly saddened to hear of Barbara's death.  While I never knew her, I heard of her through Darla and Gary, and got a sense of what a wonderful person she was.  Please accept my deepest condolences on your loss.

Mike, I'm still in a state of shock from reading about Barb.  She was such an uplifting, bright, caring, and cultured woman.  I can't think of enough superlatives to describe how special she was. Her love of the Italian language and of Italian culture
made her even more special to me.  Jerri and I send our deepest condolences to you and your family during this most difficult of circumstances.

Barb was so affectionately loved! One who demonstrated there is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving. Her memory will be stamped on the hearts and minds of all that knew her.

a beautiful woman, inspiring and passionate.  a fellow "italo-phile" (she first introduced me to that term...)  i will genuinely miss our too infrequent, yet very significant, conversations and  will never forget our lovely lunch at isabella's in nyc with mike.  love and prayers of peace and strength to her dear family and all of her loved ones. rest in peace barbara, tanti cari baci <3

Barb and Mike were among our first friends when we moved to Boulder in 1972.  Barb's warmth and zest for life were inspiring.  We will miss you.  I don't think the universe was ready to let you go and the heavens have opened up and cried giant tears for you in epic proportions.

Dear Mike , Sara and Megan,

Our hearts are with you in this time of incredible loss.I saw Barb not more than a month ago at my gallery. She framed a small print from Greece saying it meant so much to her because Mike and she had eaten at a restaurant that was in the print. She literally exuded courage that day in my frame shop. What a Lady. She is with the Angels now and some day you will be together again.

Much love to all of you during this sad time, Jon and Mary Williams and Rosie Wirth

 We met the dazzling Barbara at a dinner party where we cooked and consumed inspired recipes - italian -  There was a DiGennaro and me (mangione) and barbara (petrarca) Hardesty.  We discovered that we also shared Baltimore as our birthplace and shared stories over the next 16 years about our home state and diving into all the steamed crabs we could eat. Mike, and sarah and megan and family - so much of her beautiful energy was all about y'all. Barbara enriched every life she touched. Our thoughts are with you.

Dear Mike, Sara, Megan, and Family,

We probably have known Barbara longer than anyone among her incredibly large circle of friends.  Over the past several weeks, we've been remembering Barbara as a teenager, a new wife, a young Mother, a “mature” Mother, and as Nonna.  Barbara's fundamental characteristics have been a constant over the years: a vivacious personality, a keen and inquiring mind, a good-natured adventurer up for just about anything, a terrific traveling companion, and an all-around wonderful person to call a friend.  Despite all the years, our time with her has been much too short.  Our thoughts and love are with you.

Darla and Gary Powell

Dear Mike, Sara, Megan and Family,
It was a joy to know Barb as not only a longtime neighbor but as a very dear friend.  She had the most amazing outlook on life and found pleasure in everything she did.  She loved her family and her two darling grandsons brought so much happiness to her. We were always delighted to try her any of delicious gourmet food.  She will be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her.
Our thoughts and prayers are will all of you at this difficult time.
Kathy and Paul Stoltz

As Lynn Malkinson and I travel through Turkey this week, we know Barb cheers us on with her unbounded enthusiasm for travel, good food, and special times with friends. What a luminous person we have lost; I feel so fortunate to have crossed paths with Barb, through her friendship with Lynn. Warm condolences to the Hardesty family.

Dear Mike, Megan and Sara,  The past few days we have been recalling all the love and light Barb brought into this world.  As newcomers to Boulder, she was one of our first friends and was so welcoming and warm.  I spent many, many times listening to her love stories and adventure tales - about you all, her grandkids, her Baltimore family.  Each time she would simply glow out of adoration and pride.   Know that she loved you each - from the depths of her being - with all she had.  Our deepest sympathy to you for your loss.

Dear Mike, Megan, Sara and Family,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.  Barb was such a gift.  She brought laughter, love, joy and passion to everything she did.  To see her beautiful smile made the day better in an instant.  She made me a better person and she truly cared about people.  As I look upward, I can feel her presence...the brightest star dancing in the heavens.  I miss her, love her and we send all of you our love.  Love, Carolyn, Tom and June Bug

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Barbara Ann Hardesty

17 octobre 1949 – 9 septembre 2013

Crist Mortuary & Cremation and Mountain View Memorial Park

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