Barbara McGarvey, a longtime assistant principal at Bowen High School, died
                   Saturday, Nov. 11, of thyroid cancer at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in
                   Oak Lawn. The Burbank resident was 62. Several of her former colleagues
                   and students said she was devoted to the school and considered people there
                   her family. "She always made sure she took some students under her wing
                   during their four years there," said Alejandra Alvarez, a former principal of the
                   school. Marisela Gomez, a former pupil, noted Ms. McGarvey's influence.
                   Without Ms. McGarvey's support, Gomez said, she would not have gone to
                   college. "She was always there to help me in any way she could," Gomez said.
                   "She would push me to go beyond where I thought I could go. ... It got to the
                   point where I would actually call her `Grandma.'" After studying at Chicago
                   State University, Ms. McGarvey started as a gym teacher at Bowen, 2710 E.
                   89th St., Chicago. She held that job from 1962 to 1966, when she became an
                   assistant principal. Ms. McGarvey remained in that post under six principals,
                   Alvarez said. There were no immediate survivors, Gomez said. Services have
                   been held.