Barbara A. Greenidge

Barbara Greenidge, lovingly known as Auntie Barbara and Oma, was born on February 9, 1931, in San Fernando, Trinidad, and passed peacefully in Bloomington, Indiana, on March 31, 2026, in the presence of her daughter, after several months of in-home hospice care.

It was Barbara’s life mission to be close to God, and she spent her days in faithful pursuit of Him. She lived with her face turned toward the Heavens and bore her faith with the steadfastness of one who trusted God in all things. Her prayers were a silent yet fierce force. Her love was a quiet strength no words could ever do justice. Her presence was a blessing all on its own. She enveloped those around her in love and kept them beneath the shield of her prayers. Her faith was not only something she believed, but something she poured out daily in the way she nurtured, served, comforted, and carried others through life.

Barbara’s life was one of sacred service and compassion. In Trinidad, Barbara. served as a midwife, helping welcome new life into the world. In New Jersey, she continued her calling to care for the smallest and most vulnerable as a newborn and infant nurse at St. James Hospital. She retired after 25 years, leaving behind a legacy of skilled tenderness and devotion.

She was also committed to serving her church and her community as a faithful member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, where she served meals in the soup kitchen, sang in the choir, and taught Sunday School. Even after moving to Indiana, she remained connected to her church family and continued attending services virtually.

Barbara’s love reached well beyond the boundaries of blood. She had a gift for making room for those who needed warmth, encouragement, or simply a place to belong. She helped raise and mentor many children and adults with the same love and devotion she bestowed on her daughter, Claudia. Clarence and his fellow soldiers knew there would always be a home-cooked meal waiting for them, and there was always an open seat at her table for anyone who came through her door. Those who rendered care in her final years, Lindsey and Lynn, loved her as a mother and will mourn her passing hand in hand with all those left behind, for she was loved and cherished by all who knew her.

She raised her daughter, Claudia, alongside her beloved friend and chosen sister, Rita Romain. She loved Colonel James Clarence Scott Jr. as a son and mourned his passing as any mother would. She claimed numerous children in her life as grandchildren, gifts God blessed her with, even when blood did not. In one final act of love and service, she held on long enough for all of her immediate grandchildren to come and say goodbye.

Barbara was preceded in death by her mother, Agatha Chrichlow; her brother, Ronald Chrichlow; her sister, Jeane Chrichlow; her son-in-law, Colonel James Clarence Scott Jr.; and her chosen sister and dearest friend, Rita Romain.

She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Claudia Scott; her grandchildren, in birth order, James Clarence Scott III, Jennifer Johnstone, SSgt David Scott and his wife, Rebecca Scott, and Destiny Scott; and her great-grandchildren, Marcus and Kyson, children of David and Becky, and William and Nikolas, children of Jennifer.

Barbara was deeply loved, dearly cherished, and will be missed beyond words. Yet there is peace in knowing that the woman who spent her life longing to be close to God is now exactly where her soul always yearned to be. For if this life was sweeter for having had her voice in it, then surely Heaven itself is sweeter now for having her in its choir.

As Heaven has opened wide to receive her, she is finally home.

Visitation will be held at Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home, 4150 East Third Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, on April 4, 2026, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am.

A Celebration of Life Funeral Service will take place at Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home, 4150 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47401, on April 4, 2026, beginning at 10:30 am.