She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She was a resident at Heartland Health Care of Pewaukee.
She will be sadly missed by her husband, Donald, whom she married on August 11, 1951, her daughter, Cindi (Paul) Schmitt of Newport News, VA, her brother, Richard (Betty) Vertz of Casa Grande, Arizona, her sister, Elaine (William) Smithers of Pewaukee, her grandchildren; Joseph, Laura and Sarah, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter, Lynne Marie, an infant son, Kevin Donald and brother, Kenneth Vertz.
Funeral services for Barbara will be on Friday, November 22, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cesarz, Charapata & Zinnecker Funeral Home, 237 N. Moreland Blvd. Pastor Scott Oelhafen will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00 p.m. until the time of service. Interment will be on Saturday, November 23, 2002 at Prairie Home Cemetery. Meet at the cemetery at 9:00 a.m. Memorials would be appreciated to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital or the Pewaukee Public Library.