- Date Of Birth: March 6, 1934
- Date Of Death: July 22, 2019
- State: New Mexico
Barbara Elizabeth Kenemuth, 85, a longtime resident of Albuquerque, NM, died at home surrounded by her loving family on Monday, July 22, 2019 after a three-month struggle with lung cancer. She is survived by her four children; James Kenemuth and wife, Chris Chin of Palo Alto, CA, Sarah Kenemuth of Cambridge, MA, Paul Kenemuth and wife, Christina Mouton-Kenemuth of Fort Collins, CO, and Ruth Kenemuth of Fremont, CA; three grandchildren, Gabrielle Mouton-Kenemuth of Los Angeles, CA, David Kenemuth and Meghan Kenemuth of Fort Collins, CO, and her sister, Marjorie Scharf Lorenz and husband, John Lorenz of Chestertown, MD.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Randall Kenemuth (Albuquerque, NM, 2010); and parents, James M. and Harriet E. Black Scharf of Sunbury, PA. Barbara Kenemuth was born on March 6, 1934 in Sunbury, PA. She attended Pennsylvania State University, where in 1957 she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics. She briefly taught Home Economics before starting her own family.
After losing her own mother at age 5 she said that her life’s dream was to be a mother. She lived this dream to the fullest. As a full-time homemaker, she supported the many needs of her Physicist husband and their four children with patience, tenderness, devotion and humor. She loved to collect and experiment with recipes, and she took special pleasure in baking and decorating custom cakes for special family occasions. She was curious and creative, and she encouraged and supported her children’s participation in many local activities including the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, Albuquerque Youth Soccer Organization, Albuquerque Figure Skating Club and the New Mexico Ballet Company. After her children had left the nest, she and her husband relocated to Maui, HI. There she enjoyed learning about indigenous Hawaiian arts and culture and even learned to craft ornate feather leis. After retirement, their shared love for the Southwest brought them back to Albuquerque, NM.
