Barbara Elizabeth (McKemmie) Jacque, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday April 10th, 2022. Born in South Amherst, MA on December 5th, 1932 to the late John E. McKemmie, Sr. and Ebba (Tidlund) McKemmie, Barbara worked in the group pensions department at MassMutual Life Insurance Co. and Pension Associates in Springfield, MA, as well as the emergency room at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, CT.  An avid hometown sports fan who enjoyed the Celtics, Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots and UMass Minutemen, Barbara also was a golf enthusiast who participated in many golf leagues in the area.  She also enjoyed crocheting and playing cards, even participating in a bridge league. Her greatest joy was her family and spending quality time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and watching them participate in their sporting and extracurricular activities.  Barbara is predeceased by her loving husband of 71 years, Louis O. Jacque, their son Dennis, their daughter Deborah, her brothers John E. (Grace) McKemmie Jr., Richard “Gus” McKemmie, Thomas McKemmie, and her sisters Dorothy (Harold) Bray, Ruth (Edward) Miller, Edith (Norman) Campbell, Janet (William) Fraser.  Barbara’s memory will be forever cherished by those she has left behind, including her beloved children, Martin (Angelina) Jacque, Diane (Carl) Croteau, and Kimberly (Vincent) Lombardo, her sisters Louise Micka and Virginia Downey, her sisters-in-laws Audrey McKemmie and Katherine McKemmie, and her many beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Funeral Services will be held on Friday at 11:00 AM at the Douglass Funeral Home in Amherst, a calling hour will precede the service from 10:00 to 11:00. She will be interred with her husband at South Amherst Cemetery following the service.