Sunday, March 17, 2024
Barbara and I met our first year at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and made arrangements to be roommates in Park Regions Hall our Sophomore year. I loved Barb and our goals to become teachers never faded. During the last several years we were in close contact by phone, Barb in Minnesota and I in Arizona. I never met Barb's daughter Melissa, nor her grandson Eddie, but Barb sent photos of Eddie and Mellissa and her husband Brian, and a special photo of herself on her 80th birthday.
Both Barb and I were fashion conscious and loved shopping together and our shared closet in the dorm was packed with clothing. We got up extra early every morning to fix our hair, having to share a small vanity mirror. We always managed to be ready and on time for every class and event on campus!
I left Concordia after my Sophomore year for reasons which I shared only with Barb. We kept in touch and she and two of her friends came to visit me in Colorado years later. They drove down in her new convertible and met my husband and nine-month old son in the summer of 1965. We lost touch with her for several years in the 70s, but I reconnected with her in the 80s when we movee back to Minnetonka in MN.
Barb was a caring, loving person and an especially good listener, which is why we shared some very lengthy phone visits over the years. We each had tough times in childhood and young adulthood, but she was truly my very best friend. I will remember her for all the rest of the days of my life with love and affection. Maureen McGuire Browning Mesa, AZ
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