(Lee) 78, a long time resident of Cranford, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at Center for Hope Hospice, Scotch Plains. Born in Bayonne, Barbara was a graduate of Holy Family Academy (Bayonne) and Packard Business College in New York City. Barbara was the wife of George Hilla. Her parents, Rose and John Lee of Bayonne and her beloved siblings John, Thomas, Joseph and Rosemary and her most cherished sister-in-law Mary Lee, predeceased her. Her siblings Robert E. Lee (Patricia), W.Donald Lee, Ann Marie Fabriele (Peter), Mary Lee Montesinos (Roberto) and sister-in-law Judith Lee survive her. Many loving nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews, also survive her. Funeral arrangements made by DOOLEY Funeral Home, 218 North Ave., West Cranford.