Barbara Ann Wager

During the five weeks our mom spent in the hospital, we were so appreciative of the abundance of love, concern and help we received as a family. We are so thankful for the spiritual brothers and sisters who poured their time, energy, food, and encouragement into our family during this earth-shattering time. It meant more than words can express.

We are also thankful for our immediate family of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends who stepped in at just the right times when we needed someone to hold us up.

Our mother was someone who raised four daughters, always kept us in a house, attended to our spiritual needs as well as equipped us to take care of ourselves once we left the nest.

Barbara joined the Air Force out of High School, carried cement bags while helping build a second home with her family in the Mojave Desert as a young teen/pre-teen, faced down an angry lynch mob in the South, was the number one real estate agent in Vancouver Washington, as well as prided herself on being a devoted Jehovah's Witness for most of her adult life, (which meant caring for others needs, volunteering and witnessing).

But most of all, we were proud to call her our mother.