- Date Of Birth: March 28, 1926
- Date Of Death: January 9, 2018
- State: Michigan
Barbara Jane (Pierce) Lower, 91, died peacefully Tuesday morning in St. Joseph, Michigan, with her daughter at her side. The rest of her 8 children were nearby or en route.
Barbara was born in Detroit on March 28, 1926, the second child of Bruce and Helen Pierce. The family moved to Ionia when Barbara was in elementary school. She graduated from S.S. Peter & Paul High School in 1943. She attended Marygrove College in Detroit, graduating in 1947 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry. Barbara married Robert Lower on July 10, 1948.
For 91 years Barbara said “yes” to the joys and mysteries and sadness of life’s feast: to her husband Bob’s request that she marry him, she said “yes,” to any request from her 8 children or her 16 grandchildren, she said “yes,” to any piece of chocolate, she always said “yes” (“Lent is coming so I have to work fast”).
She was a full participant in her family, on her street, in her church, and in her community; whether is was cooking and baking for family and friends, bartending at the K of C, listening to a friend talk about a loss, delivering Meals on Wheels, making pies for the Free Fair Church tent or SSPP Bingo, cleaning the church, or serving as a school room mother or scout leader.
She said yes to more than chocolate.
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