Visitation:
9 a.m. Friday, March 3, 2023 at Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Barbara E. Schultz, 73, of Colfax,
passed away at Arcadia Health in Bloomington on
Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
Services for Barbara will be held at the
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta on Friday,
March 3, 2023. A one-hour visitation will begin at
9:00 a.m., followed by a Memorial Service at 10:00
a.m. Pastor Brad Nave will officiate. Cremation
Rites were accorded. Burial will be at Hudson
Cemetery at a later date.
Barbara Elaine Gresham was born July 29, 1949, in
Waynesville, the daughter of Robert L. and Elizabeth
Harvey Gresham. She was united in marriage to Edward
Isaac Schultz on March 10, 1978. He preceded her in
death Dec. 3, 2020.
Barbara is survived by two daughters: Tammy Schultz
and Cammie Schultz, three step-children; eight
grandchildren: Michael Schultz, Henry Payton, Chris
Payton, Selena Childs, Charmaine Bandenhorst, Shelby
Raney, Dorothy Uphoff, and Gunner Pichon; four
great-grandchildren: Autumn Schultz, Liberty
Schultz, Braxton Pichon and Milanii Schultz; and ten
siblings: Wayne (Rhonda) Gresham, Robert Gene
(Diane) Gresham, Donna Sympson, Cindy Coggins,
Theresa (Chuck) Funk, Rick (Kelly) Hoffert, Babette
Ware, LaDonna Polen, Jimmie (Laura) Gresham, and
Larry Gresham. |
She was preceded in death by her
parents; step-mother, Doris Beck Gresham; one
brother, Harold Gresham; and two sisters: Kathy
Wells and Charmin Karrick.
Barbara was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal
Church in Bloomington. A hard worker, over the years
she had worked for Funk Seed Co., DIXIE Truck Stop,
Pantagraph delivery, and as a home care aide. She
mowed yards and helped her neighbors in whatever way
she could. She loved country and gospel music, seek
& find puzzles, and horses.
Memorials may be made to her family in care of
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, PO Box 550, Atlanta, IL
61723 or an organization of the donor’s choice.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
Click here to send a note of condolence to the
family of Barbara E. Schultz
|