Barbara K. Bohnstedt-Thorn, 74, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away on February 25, 2025, peacefully at home with her loved ones by her side. She was born on July 23,1950 in Fort Wayne to Evelyn Pearl (Strupp) and Glenn Delbert Watson.
She graduated in 1967 from Huntington County Community High School in Huntington, Indiana. She received her Associate Degree in Radiologic Technology from Lutheran School of Radiology Technicians in 1968, and Bachelor’s Degree in Health Education from Indiana University Indianapolis.
Barb started her career at Van Wert Hospital in Van Wert, Ohio and would spend 32 years as a Radiologic Technologist at Parkview Hospital where it was her goal to make each of her patients smile.
Barb married Kris Bohnstedt on October 6, 1996 in Kris’s parent’s backyard on a beautiful sunny day before family, friends and God. They legally wed on July 26, 2014 in Iowa and changed their names to Bohnstedt-Thorn.
Barb loved, collected and visited all the pandas in the United States as of 2024. She never met a dog or cat that didn’t love her. She enjoyed traveling with her family most recently introducing her Zac, Maggie and Dryzten to Hawaii in June of 2024; passing down the legacy Kris's parents passed down to them. Barb was an active member of Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren where she and Kris were immediately, and henceforth, accepted and affirmed.
She is survived by her wife, Kristine Bohnstedt-Thorn; her only son, Zac (Maggie) Thorn of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; grandchildren Milo (Mal) Cummins of Chicago, Illinois. and Dryzten Thorn also of Murfreesboro.
Celebration of Life is 4:00 PM Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, 2810 Beacon St, Fort Wayne with calling from 1:30 - 3:30 PM.
Memorial Contributions may be directed to Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren Food Bank or Save our Setters, Inc.
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