Birth date: Aug 27, 1936 Death date: Jul 5, 2018
Barbara Doan Wilson Barbara was born Aug. 27, 1936 in Mt. Carmel, IL the daughter of Herbert and Naomi (George) Doan. She lived in Mt. Carmel, IL until she went to Chicago as a young adult. There she graduated from Midwest Instit Read Obituary
Barbara was a special woman. I was a young teen or pre-teen when I met Barbara at church. She impressed me because she reached out to the youth as a single woman. She invited us all over for tacos one night. I had never heard of a taco before. I would never have known at the time, that one day tacos would be a normal part of my life serving as a missionary in Central America. God bless her family! Enjoy your great reward in heaven Barbara! One day we will all have a great reunion!
I really like this picture of Barbara. She looks so at ease and happy. When I took a closer look, I noticed her watch and her earrings and necklace. Barbara was not a person overly focused on her looks, but when she got dressed up, especially to go to church, she liked to have a watch to match each outfit and also unique earrings to compliment the look. On one recent birthday, I asked her what she wanted and she said if it wouldn't be too much trouble, she wanted some new batteries put in her watches.
I thought that would be fine so she gave me a bag full of watches for Paul to resurrect with new Evereadys. I don't know how much he spent on batteries, but she was happy with them and thought she'd be set for a long, long time.
She also loved the unique earrings I found at the Blue Willow. Her favorites were hummingbirds, cardinals, flowers, and other things she thought were "cute". She had rodeo ensembles, 4th of July outfits, Christmas sweatshirts, all with matching shoes too. I think that is where her artistic side came out.
