- Date Of Birth: September 12, 1935
- Date Of Death: October 31, 2021
- State: Florida
Barbara Helen Sanchez, age 86, passed away on October 31st, 2021, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She was born on September 12, 1935, in Williamsport, PA, to Torrence Rudolf Karstetter and Mary Ellen Smith. Barbara was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Community, Fort Bragg. She graduated from Sugar Valley Area High School in Loganton, PA, where she was a talented clarinet player, marching in parades and performing at sports events. She worked as a nurses aide at the Lock Haven Hospital, as a telephone operator in Philadelphia, PA, and as a florist in Newark, NY, where she met her husband of 45 years.
She always gave good advice, was strong-willed, positive attitude, always encouraging, and never judgmental. She dedicated her life to her husband and children, preferring to spend time with family at home than to take a time-out to do social things with friends. She made many sacrifices in order to stretch the budget to ensure her kids had what they needed, and she never complained. She never wanted for material things and was content to love and enjoy the simple things of life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Genaro Sanchez; sons, Phillip Sanchez and Genaro Sanchez, Jr.; sister, Margaret Karstetter; brothers, John Karstetter and Donald Karstetter.
Barbara is survived by her daughters, Angela Landon and husband Terry, Yolanda McPhatter and husband Wendell, and Juanita Hemmerick and husband Robert; son, David Sanchez and wife Julie; sisters, Gladys Harper and Diane Hendershot; grandchildren, Joseph Landon, Christopher and Myranda Landon, Anthony and Ashlan Price, Matthew Prince, Zack And Zane Sanchez, Jacob Hemmerick, Eric and Mikayla Hemmerick-Corvelli, Nathanael Hemmerick, and Ariel Lopez; great-grandchildren, Hunter and Sofia Landon, Lorenzo Corvelli, Taylor Prince, Celeste and Estella Howcroft.
