Obituary of Barbara Jean Groom

BARBARA J. GROOM BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AND FRIEND PASSED AWAY JULY 11, 2024, PEACEFULLY IN HER HOME IN THOMAS TOWNSHIP AT THE AGE OF 82.  THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GEORGE AND DORIS (FISHER) SCHOBERT, BARBARA WAS BORN MAY 12, 1942, IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.  SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF ARTHUR HILL HIGH SCHOOL.  SHE MARRIED DAN, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, ON AUGUST 11, 1962.  BARB FOUND BEAUTY IN LIFES SIMPLE MOMENTS, A LIFE FULL OF LOVE, GENTLE STRENGTH, AND KINDNESS.  SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER.

HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HER FAMILY AND CHURCH WAS EVIDENT THROUGH HER INVOLVEMENT IN WASHINGTON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND LATER AT COUNTRYSIDE TRINITY CHURCH.  BARB ENJOYED SITTING AROUND A CAMPFIRE WITH FAMILY AS SHE TENDED TO THE FIRE.   SHE WAS AN AVID DETROIT TIGERS FAN AND LOVED CARING FOR HER BEAUTIFUL FLOWER AND ROCK GARDEN.  BARB FOUND GREAT JOY IN COOKING AND BAKING.  SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP AND CREAM PUFF CAKE, WHICH WAS ENJOYED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALIKE. 

HER GREATEST JOY WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND CARING FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.  SURVIVING TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE HER HUSBAND DAN; TWO SONS: MICHAEL (AMANDA) GROOM AND RANDALL (LYNNE) GROOM; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN: AMANDA (JARED) FULTON, DANIEL (LINDSEY) GROOM, JACOB, MADISEN, AND MICHAEL GROOM; AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: HANSON AND BRYNN FULTON. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SISTERS: JOANNE (RICHARD) SONEFELD AND KATHY LOVISKA, SISTER-IN-LAW: SHIRLEY GROOM, AND BROTHER-IN-LAW: JIM (KAY) GROOM. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHER-IN-LAWS WAYNE GROOM AND LARRY LOVISKA.

HONORING BARB'S WISHES CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE AND A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE.

THE FAMILY OFFERS THEIR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE NURSING STAFF OF COVENANT HARRISON HOSPITAL AND THE CARE TEAM HOSPICE FOR THEIR KINDNESS TO BARBARA.

THOSE PLANNING AN EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY MAY WISH TO CONSIDER MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTRYSIDE TRINITY CHURCH, 4690 WEISS ST, SAGINAW, MI  48603.  To sign online guestbook, visit www.cremationsocietymidmi.com  Arrangements made with the Cremation Society of Mid Michigan.

 

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