Margaret “Meg” Barrett June 9, 1961 - February 8, 2023

Margaret “Meg” Barrett (nee Wiedmann), 61, passed away on February 8, 2023. She had previously resided in Springfield and was a current resident of Wallingford. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from The Pennsylvania State University. She went on to work as an educator for the Tyler Arboretum, and a teacher’s assistant for Northly Middle School. From the time she was a toddler, Meg loved nature – birds, animals, plants, and insects –especially butterflies. Meg and her sister could be found throughout the neighborhood collecting specimens to observe and identify. This love extended to animals, especially dogs, rabbits, and horses. As a young teen, she worked at the stables at Ridley Creek State Park, just for the joy of being near horses, and was soon guiding trail rides. In college she was a wrangler for the summer in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She later worked as an educator at Tyler Arboretum, sharing her extensive knowledge of the flora and fauna of southeastern Pennsylvania. Once Meg had children of her own, she shared this same love of nature with them. Meg taught her own children, and her nieces and nephews, to fish and hunt responsibly, and love the natural world. We all will miss her selfless understated style of sharing what she knew- always coming through as joyful. She loved to spend time hiking in the forests of the Pocono Mountains near her beloved cabin. She also enjoyed spending time in Chincoteague, Virginia. Her passion for books and excellent recommendations fostered connections among friends and family. She was a longtime member of Longwood Gardens and the National Wildlife Federation.  

She was predeceased by her father William A. Wiedmann. 

Meg is survived by her beloved husband of 37 years James P. Barrett; her mother Agnes P. Wiedmann (nee Coyne); her loving children James W. Barrett (Colleen McGillin), Nicholas M. Barrett and his wife Ashley, and Samuel T. Barrett and his wife Jacquelyn; and her siblings William and Claire Wiedmann, Agnes and John Lysaght, Karen and Thomas McLoughlin, Cecilia and Cint Martin, Marie and John Schueren, Kate and Dan Johns, and many nieces and nephews.