Barbara L. O'Connor

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

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Barbara L. O'Connor, 69, of 98 N. Beechwood St., Warsaw, died at 8:23 a.m. Jan. 15, 2008, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

She was born April 20, 1938, in Indianapolis, to Charles and Mary Irwin Bruns. On April 27, 1957, in Indianapolis, she married Arthur O'Connor, who survives.

Living in Kosciusko County since 1960, she worked at Little Crow Foods, retiring in 1999. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw, and Rosary Alter Society and the RCIA Program.

Also surviving are two daughters, Megan (and spouse Patrick) Watkins, Hanover Park, Ill., and Mary Beth (and spouse Robert) Shelton, Warsaw; two sons, Patrick O'Connor, Goshen, and Sean (and spouse Tammy) O'Connor, Burket; a sister, Mary Teipen, Indianapolis; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a cousin, Dorothy Spangler, Flossmore, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Delores and Charlotte Bruns; and a grandson, Brian Joseph.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw, with Father Paul Bueter officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.

Calling is from 5 to 8 pm. Thursday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m.

Memorials to the American Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202; or the American Cancer Society, 601 W. Edison Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

Condolences may be sent to mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com[[In-content Ad]]

Barbara L. O'Connor, 69, of 98 N. Beechwood St., Warsaw, died at 8:23 a.m. Jan. 15, 2008, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

She was born April 20, 1938, in Indianapolis, to Charles and Mary Irwin Bruns. On April 27, 1957, in Indianapolis, she married Arthur O'Connor, who survives.

Living in Kosciusko County since 1960, she worked at Little Crow Foods, retiring in 1999. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw, and Rosary Alter Society and the RCIA Program.

Also surviving are two daughters, Megan (and spouse Patrick) Watkins, Hanover Park, Ill., and Mary Beth (and spouse Robert) Shelton, Warsaw; two sons, Patrick O'Connor, Goshen, and Sean (and spouse Tammy) O'Connor, Burket; a sister, Mary Teipen, Indianapolis; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a cousin, Dorothy Spangler, Flossmore, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Delores and Charlotte Bruns; and a grandson, Brian Joseph.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw, with Father Paul Bueter officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.

Calling is from 5 to 8 pm. Thursday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m.

Memorials to the American Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202; or the American Cancer Society, 601 W. Edison Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

Condolences may be sent to mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com[[In-content Ad]]
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