Barbara Jean Stroberg
Barbara Jean Stroberg, 79, of Newton,
homemaker, died Monday (Jan. 3, 2000) at Newton Medical Center.
She was born Aug. 16, 1920, in
Charleroi, Pa., to Edgar and Grace (Taggart) Beechley. She married
Vernon A. Stroberg Aug. 7, 1943, in San Francisco. He preceded her in
death July 12, 1990.
She was a member of St. Matthews
Episcopal Church in Newton, Women of St. Matthews Episcopal Church
and past member of Ladies Reading Circle.
Survivors include: one son, Thomas B.
Stroberg of Hutchinson; two daughters, Karen Curtis of Tulsa, Okla.,
and Kristine Heinemann of Topeka; and four grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by her
parents and one brother, Col. John C. Beechley.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m. today
at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Newton with the Rev. Joyce
Holmes officiating. Burial will be in the St. Matthew's Episcopal
Church Columbarium.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. today
before the memorial service at the church.
Memorials have been established with
St. Matthews Episcopal Church Operational Endowment Fund in care of
Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.