- Date Of Birth: March 3, 1927
- Date Of Death: January 3, 2023
- State: Indiana
Barbara Katherine (Scherer) Crispen, age 95, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at Franciscan Hospital Lafayette surrounded by family after a brief illness.
She was born March 3, 1927, in Logansport to Henry and Katherine (Mueller) Scherer.
Barbara had three brothers, William, Paul, and George. Their mother, Katherine, passed away when Barbara was only five years old and Henry asked Katherine’s sister, Lizzie, and her husband, William Richter, to care for her. Barbara considered their daughter, Lisette and son, Harry, as her own and remained close to them and their children throughout her lifetime.
Robert passed July 24, 2022, and Barbara would spend the next few months waiting to be reunited with him.
Faith and family were the cornerstones of her life.
To those lucky enough to be called her friends, she was just “Barbie.” She and the “Old Boy” as she lovingly called Robert, had a continually active social circle, enjoying Tuesday night dinners with Gayle and Winnie Smith, Friday nights at LHS ball games, and Saturday nights with Jiggs and Lou Wolf.
Her calendar was filled with lunch dates, musicals, plays and just going for a drive after dinner.
Barbie loved to travel with Hawaii being a favorite destination. She and Robert would make the trip several times before his passing. They shared that love of travel with their children and grandchildren treating them all to special vacations to celebrate the important milestones of their 50th, 60th and 70th anniversaries. She and Robert were an amazing example of what loving someone forever truly means and the memories made on these trips are cherished by the family.
She was a loving mother and later a mother-in-law but treasured her role as Grandma Crispen to seven granddaughters.
As much as she adored her seven granddaughters, her role as GiGi to sixteen great-grandchildren gave her boundless joy and happiness in the last years of her life.
She is survived by: Berkley and Graham Slavens, John and Colette Cieslak, Camryn, Carson, Cassidy, and Claire Lowry, Brinley and Brooks Newsom, Cole, Will, Jack and Claire Morris, and JP and John Lemons.
During her last year at McKinney Place, she made new friends and was especially thankful for the care and friendship of Dave Barron, Vickie Hathaway, Beth Day, and the staff whose compassion and love the family wishes to acknowledge.
Barbara also leaves behind a brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Joan Scherer and several nieces and nephews.
