Barbara KretchmarBarbara Metsky Kretchmar, a New York City native, graduated from Hunter College High School, Harpur College (S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton) and Syracuse University College of Law. An only child with no living parents, she was widowed at 46 years old with tw young sons, 13 and 11, when her husband, Ed, died in 1990. She practiced law from 1967 until retiring in January 2016 when she decided that was the appropriate time to fulfill her long-held desire to help other women, regardless of who they might be, who are encountering the loneliness and challenges of widowhood. Read More Read Less