Thursday, May 14, 2020
Dear Peter, Evelyn and family....so sorry to hear of Barbaree's passing.
Barbaree has been a good friend for 35 years to myself and our family. We enjoyed many holidays and family gatherings with Barbaree present.
She didn't take any 'nonsense' from the kids but was also able to join in the fun. I remember one such gathering when we all walked over to the lake up on the cliff to experiment with a potato gun someone had brought. People were taking turns and someone laughingly asked her if she wanted to try it. "Ok", Barbaree surprised us with, and after instructions she shot that potato out into the lake.
Barbaree wasn't afraid of challenges and in turn challenged others to 'get on with it'. She didn't understand why people thought she couldn't do things ' just because she was blind'. "Do people think I'm stupid just because I can't see?" For most of her later years she helped bring household aids to blind people in the community and spoke at various events.
She amazed our kids with how she could knit, cook, bake (they loved her pumpkin pies!) grow her own flowers and vegetables and the list goes on. However, she was unhappy with not being able to drive!
But now she is happy in her eternal home, singing praises with her ears fully open and her eyes on her dear Lord Jesus.
We will dearly miss Barbaree...
Joy Cafazzo
