WABASH – Barbara A. Baer, 91, of Warren, Ind., died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Heritage Pointe in Warren.
She was born Sept. 12, 1928, in Lafayette, Ind., to Bruce and Jennie E. McDill Condra. Barbara was a 1946 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School and a 1949 graduate of the?Lafayette School of Nursing.
She married Don E. Baer in Lafayette on Feb. 4, 1950. He died Feb. 18, 2016. She was the Wabash City Schools nurse from 1973-1990. Barbara was a member of the Solid Rock United Methodist Church in Warren and a longtime member of the Wabash First United Methodist Church. She was a former member of P.E.O.
Barbara was an avid Purdue fan and a member of the John?Purdue Club. She was a longtime resident of Wabash and enjoyed spending time on Little Barbee Lake.
She is survived by three children, Michael (Michele) Baer, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; Donna K. (Max) Highley, of Wabash; and Joseph (Kathy) Baer, of Spencerville, Ind.; seven grandchildren: G. Forrest Baer, of Boulder, Co.; Morgan (Marla) Baer, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; Jill (Kevin) DuBois, of Muncie, Ind.; Eric (Melissa) Highley, of Goshen,?Ind.; and Alex Baer, Kalah Baer and Jordan (Sydney) Baer, all of Fort Wayne; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with?Kathy Newton officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Heritage Pointe Nursing Scholarship Fund.
The memorial guestbook for Barbara may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
