Dick and Gwen very young and very much in love! This picture was on their 60th wedding anniversary party invitation.

Connie Barden, Cathy Ashby, Kevin Barden, and Dick Barden playing croquet in Louise and Lester Parker's back yard in Laporte Indiana. Gwen was probably behind the camera. Picture stamped July of 1964. 

Gwen and cousin Claude Ashby from Houston during a happy visit.

Dick and Gwen together, not sure when or where. 

Dick and Gwen Barden, and Claude and Joyce Ashby started their young families together in the small town of Laporte Indiana, with Louise and Lester Parker close by. Connie, Kevin, and Cathy spent their formative years together there, until opportunities lead the Bardens to California, and the Ashbys to South Bend. A few years later the Ashbys took a month long cross country road trip and visited the Bardens. But then the kids grew up, and the families scattered like the wind to all parts of the country. Correspondence was mostly Christmas cards, and Dick's famous family newsletters. Now here we are celebrating the wonderful well lived life of Gwen Barden. Know that family is forever, no matter how far apart we are, or how many years have gone by. Our hearts and prayers are with your entire family during this time, and may you take comfort in knowing that Dick and Gwen are happily together again.

Catherine Ashby Burleson
Melanie Burleson Hill
Ashley Burleson Morrison
Joyce Ashby Prince 

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Gwendolyn Faye Barden

30 mars 1931 – 16 mai 2023

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