Barbara Jane (Shafer) Ginden, 85, died March 23. She was the widow of Elliot Ginden. Born in New Haven, she was the daughter of Blanche (Trotsky) and Louis Shafer. She is survived by her son David Ginden and his wife Sheri of West Hartford, and Robert Ginden and his wife Peggy of Amston; her grandchildren, Mathew (Victoria), Benjamin and Jacob Ginden, Blair Pintavalle (Jack); and her great-grandson Lucas Ginden.