Lucille Barber

Lucille Dorothea Barber entered the Kingdom of Heaven on November 9, 2024 in Wichita Kansas at Wesley Medical Center after a short illness. She was 86 years old. She will be interred in Storm Lake, Iowa beside her husband at the Storm Lake Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. Lucille was born April 23, 1938 in Storm Lake, Iowa to Glenn and Dorothea Newell. She was the oldest of three children. She is survived by her brother Lester Newell, her twin daughters, Beth (Clinton) Easterday of Wichita, Kansas, and Becky (Andrew) Bear of Hanover, Maine, and her son Timothy (Shiela) Barber of Palisade, Colorado. She attended school in Storm Lake, Iowa. She graduated high school in 1956, after which she went to college to learn secretarial skills. She worked as an executive secretary for several years. On July 12, 1959 Lucille married Jack Barber. Jack was attending Minnesota Bible College at the time. Together they ministered in Iowa, Illinois, and Colorado. Lucille was a very big part of their ministry; she joined Jack in furthering the Kingdom of God. Her greatest gift was teaching. Through the years she taught the Bible to hundreds of children. She taught Sunday School, Junior Church, and Youth Group as well as counseled at Camp Christian in New Castle Colorado and lead Vacation Bible School. She was very talented with a puppet ministry and had an extensive collection which she used in that teaching. She worked at Noah’s Ark Christian Preschool in Palisade Colorado as a teacher. Lucille loved sewing and doing crafts. She was an accomplished seamstress and sewed for her family and friends. She loved stamping, making cards, and making picture albums. She also enjoyed sitting at her craft table coloring or doing diamond art. She was an avid reader, reading close to one hundred books as well as magazines a year. Lucille leaves behind a legacy of Christian values, and a knowledge of the Bible, but most of all a personal faith in Christ which she passed on to her family and those around her. Other members of her family who will cherish her memory include her grandchildren: Tia (Matt) Ashley, Samantha Ames, Joshua (Lacey) Easterday, Brian Barber, Daniel Moore, Brooke Barber, Thomas Moore, Colton Barber, and Austin (Christina) Bear, as well as great grandchildren, a host of extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jack Barber, her parents Glenn and Dorothea Newell, and her sister LeAnna Weeks.

Lucille Barber

April 23, 1938 - November 9, 2024