May God's loving kindness comfort you and help you through this sad time
Psalms 29:11

You were loved and will be remembered. It's sad that you could not stay longer. You had a big heart and an even bigger love for your grandchildren. You will never be forgotten. You will be missed.

I have many great memories as a kid. One was of me running up and down the stairs and my dad yelling at me to stop, Auntie barb came by me and ran up and down with me them we slid down some she but her finger to her mouth and said Shhh our secret.... You are an angel now so when you are up there say hi to my mom and dad for me, Give them a great big hug also.

May you have peace with the angels now. Your an angel all your own.  I will never forget sweet Mrs DeGroot being a mom to all of us. She took care of everyone. Everyone was always fed the best meals at her home. She will forever be in the hearts of many. Blessings and love.

May God's loving kindness comfort you and help you through this sad time Psalms 29:11

Auntie Barbara
December 5, 1939  December 26, 2016
I wanted to talk a little about the Auntie Barbara I knew and loved.  She thought of others, was a great story teller and loved her family with a passion.  I remember my Grandmother yelling my name from downstairs in the early hours one day when I got down by Grandma she was sitting in the front room on the couch; she looked at me and said call Bobby (Auntie Barbara) and tell her that I have left a candle burning in the parlor window waiting for her to come home.  I called Aunt Barbara told her what Grandma said and she came within an hour and never left Grandma's side for 5 years (although she had a husband and family at home they somehow worked it out!) until Grandma passed away.  The last two years Aunt Barbara took care of Grandma she actually would carry Grandma; Grandma holding tightly around Aunt Barb's neck as they shuffled from her bed to the front room or any other area of the house.   What a selfless act of love and service!  
My Aunt Barbara could tell you a story, she may just have had lunch and when she recounted the experience it left you on the edge of your seat to know what happened next.   I always looked forward to my conversations with Auntie Barbara, she always made me laugh!  The deep down soul kind of laughing and she always would ask how everyone was doing.
 I remember as a young child Auntie Barbara would come upstairs by my Mom and help get all us children ready for school, she was but a teenager herself.  As children growing up every Friday after school it would be Grandma, Mom and Auntie Barbara making tacos, potato pancakes or whatever the meal would be for all of us kids plus Auntie Barbara's three that was ten children to feed and of course watching on television whatever was the Friday special movie..  Aunt Barb had great artistic flair she would come over not only cut Grandma and my Mom's hair she would do the perms as well.  Whenever there was a party, wedding shower; baby shower; she would create the most beautiful center pieces or her gifts would be extraordinarily creative.
The doctor had said that faithful day (Dec 5, 2016) on her birthday to her family in the emergency waiting room; as he started to go through what might have happened, he stopped; shook his head and then he just said this is a mystery' as to what happened maybe the Big Guy up there decided he needed an angel immediately!'
I like to think maybe Grandma whispered Bobby the candle is burning in the parlor window and it is time for you to come home.  Auntie Barb left this world on Grandma's birthday, what a reunion there is in heaven! She will be missed dearly.

OBITUARY

Barbara L. Degroot

December 5, 1939 – December 26, 2016

Mount Auburn Funeral Home & Cemetery

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