Barbara Ann (Stefanick) Higgins;38;of Pittsburgh;formerly of Fayette City R.D.;died Monday;Oct.11;1993;at her home in Pittsburgh. Mrs.Higgins was born March 8;1955;in North Charleroi;a daughter of the late Paul E.Stefanick;who died Aug.7;1971;and Teresa Lovich Stefanick;who survives and resides in Fayette City R.D. She was employed as a senior analytical chemist for the H.J.Heinz Company of Pittsburgh. Mrs.Higgins was a 1973 graduate of Belle Vernon Area High School. She received her bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh in the spring of 1976 and her master’s degree in chemistry from Duquesne University;Pittsburgh;in 1978. Surviving;in addition to her mother;are her husband;William Higgins of Pittsburgh;and a brother and sister-in-law;P.J.and Helen Stefanick of Homestead. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.;Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and on Friday until 9:30 a.m.