Age 23. 18 Boulevard Terrace, Brighton (Boston), MA. Born 2/13/1919, in Boston. Died of carbon monoxide poisoning (death certificate). Junior clerk and stenographer, Massachusetts Division of Employment Security, Boston ('42 street listings). Was attending the club with her companion George Karnow, age 25, Boston glove factory owner, of Hyde Park (Boston), MA, also dead. Of the latter: "He had left his home at 8 o'clock Saturday evening and after calling for a friend, Miss Barbara Keshen...had evidently gone directly to the Grove for an evening of recreation" (Hyde Park Tribune, 12/03/1942). Her remains were identified with those of Mr. Karnow at Southern Mortuary, Boston. Was single. Resided with her family in Hudson, NY, 1920 to 1929, then returned to the Boston area (her father was an engineer). Was a graduate of Girls' Latin School, Boston, 1937 ('37 The Year Book: "So quiet and so sweet a smile - "). High school nickname was "Babs." Had served as an attendant at a Roxbury (Boston), MA, wedding (not connected with the disaster) on Thanksgiving, just two days before the blaze. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. and Dorothy A. (Alexander) Keshen, same address. Burial at Washington Street (Pride of Boston) Cemetery, Woburn, MA. One of nine Grove casualties interred at the above Washington Street collective Jewish cemeteries (also Milton Adler, age 25, Hyman Horch, age 31, Philip Seletsky, age 39, club waiter Harold Snyderman, age 32, Hyman Strogoff, age 41, Jacob "Jack" Vigdor, age 47, Miss Florence Zimmerman, age 22, and her escort Mr. Karnow). Middle name Leslie.

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