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Mrs. Barbara Ann Thornton, Age 49 of Big Rapids, Formerly of Morley, Newaygo and White Cloud, died Sunday, June 24, 2007 in Grand Rapids. She was born Barbara Ann Bumstead in Fremont, Michigan the daughter of Jane Ann (Wilson) and Myron Joel Bumstead on July 08, 1957. She was a Welder for Mark IV Automotive, Big Rapids. She attended Resurrection Life Church in Big Rapids where she was active in the nursery program. She is survived by her sons Brent & April Stressman of Morley and Rich & Stephanie Stressman of Howard City; 4 grandchildren; her mother Jayne Bumstead of White Cloud; her sisters Nannette & Charles Hooker of White Cloud; Mary & Brian Webb of Montague; Denise & Don Tufts of Twin Lake; Amber & Wayne Toppel of White Cloud; Stacy & Bryan Buckner of Hesperia; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother Myron Bumstead and her father Myron Bumstead. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 from the McKinley Funeral Home, Newaygo Chapel. Interment will be in St. Bartholomew Cemetery, Newaygo. Visitation will be held from 11am - 1pm the day of the service. For memorials please consider Leukemia Foundation. - McKinley Funeral Home, Newaygo 231-652-5613. http:\\mckinleyfuneral.com
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Aunt Jane and Family, I send you my Love, Thoughts and Prayers.
Aunt Jane and Family Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of sorrow.
I have a lot of extraordinary memories with Barbie. The first time I ever had milk strait from the cow, was with Barbie. The cow had just been milked it was worm, yuck! When I was younger I would stay with Barbie and Richard during the summer and on weekends. Barbie gave me my first look at South Division in Grand Rapids. I had never seen a homeless person before. People were laying down on the side walk others would step over them, walk around them. I told her to stop and help them. She told me to look around, this is not a safe place for us to stop, but this is their home. I took a moment and looked around; this was a whole new world I didn’t know was out there, Wow! There were Pimps and Hookers and I don’t mean Chuck & Nan either. Barbie told me to be thankful for the life & family I have. Things could always be worse, boy was she right. I will always remember Barbie as an adult person who took some of her time and spent it with me, a little girl that wanted to be just like her. I am older now with a grown family of my own. Barbie and the memories I have with her will always be a part of me and the person I am today. I will always be thankful for the time she shared with me.
She is well Loved and will be missed dearly
I knew barb from work. I remember the first time i met barb, our foreman put us together on a line with each other and all i kept thinking was please let me be able to keep up with her. We hit it off so well that day that we started working together all the time and if we wern't then we would ask Bernie to put us on the same line and he usually would.Or if we worked a saturday we would ask to be put together even before sat. got there. I will miss the fun times with her. I will truly miss her smiling face, all her kind words and especially her warm hugs. I am forunate to have got to spend the time i did with barb and get to enjoy her. She was a very special , kind person and now she is truely an ANGEL, i will miss her.
I am so sorry of your loss,of your daughter, of your sister and my friend, Barb and I were quite close at 1 time but drifted apart when she moved out of Newaygo..I like you should and will cherish the memories we had together
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Sorry I couldn't make it to the service, but know I was there in thought.
McKinley Funeral Homes, Inc.
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