Marinette F. ‘Mari’ Barb
WILLIAMSBURG — Marinette F. “Mari” Barb, 101, died in her sleep Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in her apartment at Morningside of Williamsburg.
Mari, the daughter of Joseph Monboisse and Maria Angele Lecroix Monboisse, was born Sept. 16, 1919, in the small town of Saint-Santin in the south of France, where she spent her childhood. She moved to Paris to live with an aunt after the early deaths of her parents.
After World War II began, Mari joined the French Underground, and later worked with the OSS, the predecessor of the CIA. Her secret work included helping soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines to escape through underground networks.