Barbara (Bob) A. Hayward

Barbara was born to the late Thomas Arthur Bryant and Martha Ann (Martin) Bryant in Baring, MO on November 1, 1927.

Barbara was raised on a farm near Baring, MO and graduated from Baring High School. As a single mother raising 2 children, she put herself through college at NE Missouri State Teacher’s College. Her first teaching job was in a one room schoolhouse in Dailing, MO. She taught for a time in Keokuk, IA before accepting a teaching position in Colorado Springs in 1964. She taught first grade for 30 years, mostly at Mark Twain Elementary School. Barbara taught countless children to read, and she often joked that it took her 30 years to get out of first grade.

Barbara had a quick smile and enjoyed spending time with family and friends playing cards. She also enjoyed attending church and prayer meetings, gardening, watching the wildlife in her beautiful back yard, and looking for the best deals at garage sales. Barbara was generous and loving to all and set an example on how to live a caring, Christian life. She will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Besides her parents, Barbara was preceded in death by her daughter Janice Deanna; her brothers William Dean Bryant and Thomas Dudley Bryant and wife Virginia May “Sally” (Seaton) Bryant; sisters Mary Evelyn Mazurek and husband Ben F. Mazurek and Betty Jane Fisher and husband George Nicholas Fisher Sr.

She is survived by her son David and his wife Anne of Wetmore, CO; her grandsons Kristofer and his wife Pamela of Albuquerque, NM and Joshua of Trinidad, CO; her newly born great- granddaugher Madysen, and numerous nieces and nephews and their families.

A celebration of life will be held November 4, 2016, 1:00 pm at Chapel of Memories, 829 S. Hancock Ave., Colorado Springs, and immediately following, Barbara will be interned alongside her mother at Evergreen Cemetery. Family and friends are welcome to a gathering for fellowship and food at Chapel of Memories after the burial service.

Should friends desire, memorial contributions can be made to The Salvation Army, 910 Yuma St., Colorado Springs, CO 80909, or to a charity of their choice.