Barbara Myrtle Carhart was born in Harper Settlement; NB on March 18, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Helena (Hunt) Rouse. Barbara worked in Montreal at an Aircraft Factory when she was young. She had never done the work before but during the War, many of these jobs were open to women. She applied for the job because it paid very well, and found the work challenging, but interesting. She later moved to Hamilton, Ont and worked for Sun Life. She later returned to New Brunswick, once in Mount Middleton, Barb taught school at the Mount Middleton School and enjoyed working in the one room schoolhouses and truly loved working with children. She had all the patience in the world to help someone to learn and while raising her own family, worked at a day care in Sussex. Barb worked very hard to take care of her family as family was most important to her. She suffered the loss of an infant daughter, Valerie and then the loss of her son Larry. Barb was a strong woman and also very proud. Barb loved flowers; especially roses and lilies which was evident when you went to her home. She also enjoyed knitting, quilting and crocheting although she found it difficult later on in her life. She also enjoyed reading a good book. As well as her parents, Barbara was predeceased by her sisters and their husbands, Mildred Sharp (Ronald) and Dorothy Fawcett (Harold); her brothers: Charles and his wife Julia (Travis) and Jim (Harold); an infant daughter, Valerie (Candy's twin); her son, Lawrence (Larry); as well as nephews: Gary Sharp and Raymond and Frank Rouse and her niece, Judith Sharp. Left behind to miss her are her children: Wayne Rouse of Welland, ON, Arielle Hunter and her husband Billy of Knightville, John of Mount Middleton, Candace of Sussex and Janet Tabor and her husband Arthur of Passekeag; also left behind are her grandchildren: Gerard Rouse (Gwenn), Jimmy (James) Rouse, Carol Witt (Lyle Wellman), Suzanne Touahria (Mohammed), Deanna Lock (Bob), Tina (Christina) Hunter (Darryl Loui), Rachel Carhart (Shaun Bragdon), Kelly Carhart (Robert Lee), Angela Wooden (Norman), Jennifer Stewart and Judson Carhart; her great grandchildren: Marissa, Derrik and Carson Rouse, Skyla Witt, Emmitt Wellman, Adam Touahria, Ethan Bragdon, twins: Mandi and Josie Lee, Autumn and Karmen Wooden, Madison and RayLynn Stewart and Jaxson and Kadeance Carhart and by her sister-in-law, Ruth (Carhart) Rouse. Barbara Myrtle Carhart of Mount Middleton, NB passed away at the Sussex Health Center on June 10, 2010 at the age of 89.