Barbara J. Sinsley

July 21, 1932 - January 9, 2021

Barbara J. Sinsley, 88, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 9, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Lilly Stuchell Nicholson, born in Morgantown, WV on July 21, 1932. A resident of Belle Vernon for most of her adult life, she was a member of the Brownsville Apostalic Temple where she was a pianist for many years and loved doing charity work for the church. Barbara was a caregiver for many years and loved her German Shepards. She raised her current one, Charlie Brown, since he was a puppy. Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Carlotta Seftas, of Monessen, and Susan and Kel Cate of Marietta, GA, two sons and daughters-in-law, Walter and Brenda Sinsley of Belle Vernon and David and Lia Sinsley of Coolidge, AZ, ten grandchildren, Jason and Mark Seftas, Aaron, Daniel and Sophia Sinsley, Chelsea and Alisa Sinsley, Meagan Hara and Brianne and Brandon Cate, four great-grandchildren, Alexis Tkach, Lyle Hara and Della and Lilybelle Sinsley and a sister-in-law, Joanne Sellars of Bethel Park. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle W. Sinsley on July 6, 2015, two brothers, Charles and William Nicholson and five sisters, Violet Cobb, Velva Summers, Florence Gopp, Emma Bubenko and Edna Royce. Friends will be received 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. Tuesday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. 724-929-5300 www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory.com. Funeral services will be in the funeral home at 10 A.M. Wednesday with Rev. Ronald Shumar officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Face masks are required in the funeral home and social distancing should be practiced.