Barbara B. Stotler's Obituary
Barbara Jo Berrey Stotler
Barbara Jo Berrey Stotler Beloved mother, grandmother, friend and inspiration, peacefully returned to the Lord on January 5, 2012 after having an MI. Born on November 28, 1937 to Rhodes Clay Berrey and Regina Kasprowicz in Chicago, IL, she grew up and attended school in Chicago. After obtaining her MFA in Painting/ Drawing & Art Education from Northern Illinois University in 1971, she taught Art in the Sandwich, IL school district and later used her talents at Carpet Tile in Plano, IL. She was also a member of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sandwich. Barbara moved to Parkland in 1994 to be involved in her children and grandchildren's lives. Some of her loves included horses, art, music, thought provoking reading and conversation, current events, history, gardening - flowers and herbs, and song birds. During the last few years, she labored tirelessly in accurately documenting her family's genealogy. She was preceded in death by both her parents and her son Randall Lee Stotler, and survived by her brother Robert F. Berrey (Becky) and his children, her daughter Cynthia L. Stotler Koscinch (David) of Dearing, GA, her two grandchildren, Alexander Clay and Alexis Nicole Romero, and four step grandchildren, Anna Mae Scheffey, Willow Deborah, Alexander Matthew, and Heather Rose Koscinch. After a long battle with cancer, she still had a great appreciation of life and a smile for everyone. A memorial will be held at Mountain View Funeral Home in Lakewood, WA on Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 from 3:00 - 5:00. Interment will be at Elm Lawn Cemetery in Elmhurst, IL. Remembrance donations to the National Audubon Society.
Arrangements by Mountain View Funeral Home.
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