Barbara Jean Sundstrom

Barbara Jean Sundstrom

August 6, 1941 - May 25, 2017

Loving and beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Barbara

Jean Sundstrom departed this life on May 25, 2017. Better

known as Trilby Louise, she passed quietly into the arms of

her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, at ten months of age

Barbara traveled to her new home in New York City in a

cardboard box, riding between her parents as they drove to

her father's new job location. This pioneering spirit

reappeared during Barbara's years in the Camp Fire Girls and

camping trips to Stokes State Forest with her husband and

children. Her love of travel took her to several countries in

the Caribbean, Central America, Europe and the South Pacific.

Barbara's working career, shortened by the arrival of twins

David and Debbie, included Project Mercury, which began

America's man-in-space program.

When driving lessons with her husband became too stressful,

Barbara drafted a non-driving friend to ride with her while she

practiced on the streets of New York City. Upon receiving

her driver's license, she immediately packed her children into

the family station wagon and set off to visit her Aunt Adelaide

in West Virginia, 800 miles away.

Baptized, confirmed and married in the Lutheran Church,

Barbara committed her life anew to Christ in a baptismal

service at Beth Sar Shalom in Manhattan, New York, on

March 7, 1971.

An avid reader, especially of the Bible, she also enjoyed

participating in women's groups at her church, membership in

the Pikes Peak Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society,

and attendance at the annual Barbara Society event.

On her 50th birthday, Barbara pronounced her name too

common. Perusing a "What Shall We Name the Baby?" book,

she found Trilby more to her liking, adding Louise for

elegance. A gifted musician who played the piano and sang in

her church choir, Trilby used these talents to compose the

Family Anthem, "Everybody Needs A Grandma, Like Trilby

Louise."

Trilby, a gifted and creative artist, worked in mixed media,

producing scrapbooks for each of her children and memoirs

of her travels. Her greeting cards for family and friends were

testimonies to her inventive mind and commitment to

recycling.

Trilby is survived by her husband of 57 years, Richard, and

their children David and Stacy (McKee) Sundstrom, Deborah

Booth, Mark and Susie (Lowe) Sundstrom, and Amy

Sundstrom, their grandchildren Kinsey and Katie Sundstrom,

Jason and Bree Booth, Cameron and Lia Booth, Steven and

Savannah Cariaga, and Jacob, Paige, Luke and Noelle

Sundstrom, and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and

grandnephews. Trilby's parents, Howard and Anna

Dernberger, and sister Carole Campbell preceded her in

death.

A celebration of Trilby's life is scheduled for Saturday, June

10, at 2:00 PM at Mesa Hills Bible Church, 615 West Uintah

Street, Colorado Springs. A family graveside service will be

conducted at Evergreen Cemetery