- Date Of Birth: January 15, 1941
- Date Of Death: November 24, 2018
- State: Colorado
Barbara Jean O’Donnell was born on January 15, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska to her parents, Albert Price, and Lettie B. Henry Price. She was raised surrounded by her brothers, Johnny, Darryl, and her sisters, Rita and Billie. As a child, she enjoyed sitting on her clothes and spinning 45’s on her record player. She and her mother enjoyed shopping together. She also shared a special relationship with her aunts, who spoiled her.
The family eventually relocated to Denver, Colorado and Barbara graduated from Manual High School in 1959. She later met Earl O’Donnell and to this union, three children, Debra, Leslie, and Tracy were born. She was the proud mother of a son named Dereck. Dereck preceded her in death. Her children remember their mother as being a good provider, an excellent cook, especially Mexican and Chinese dishes. She was just an all-around “Great Woman.”
She was later blessed nine grandchildren, Dekia, Kevin, Denika, Brandie, Ventika, Jerianne, Deremiah, Love, and ten great-grandchildren, who all were an additional source of joy and pride in her life. They lovingly called her “Grandmother, or Gran-Gran” and fondly remember her cooking for them and giving them folded money and sharing stories which gave them the wisdom and understanding that could only come from a grandmother. She passed her green chili and refried been recipes to them.
