Barbara Hoffmann Souza

1923 - 2010

Barbara Bisbee Souza Hoffmann was born in Biddeford, Maine, to Warren and Mabel Libby. She graduated from Gorham Teacher’s College in 1943 and taught school in Maine and in Gloucester. She had two children, Warren Bisbee and Charles Bisbee. Barbara joined the Folly Cove Designers in 1954. In 1957, she opened a private kindergarten with fellow designer, Ruth Hendy. Her designs were first signed as Barbara Souza and later as Barbara Hoffmann.