Submitted by Fran Olson Gustafson 1965 <fgustafson917@gmail.com>
on 28/Jan/2024
71.223.227.14
Barbara Valentine Freeborn - Class of 1963 went to be
with the Lord on January 25, 2024 after a brief but fierce
battle with cancer. She was born on August 9, 1945, in
Newburgh, NY to Tom and Grace Valentine, and her sister
Rosemary joined later. A lifelong resident of the area, she
attended Newburgh schools, married in 1973, and worked as a
highly sought after hairdresser back in the day. After the
birth of her daughter Jenna, she worked at McDonald's for
many, many years and enjoyed every minute. She attended
Sacred Heart Church in Newburgh for many years and later
attended and became a member of Goodwill Presbyterian Church
in Montgomery.
She
is survived by her daughter Jenna and son-in-law Jan; her
grandchildren: granddaughter Kayleigh and her husband
Steven, granddaughter Taryn and her boyfriend Don, grandson
Shay and his girlfriend Dakota, grandson Logan,
granddaughter Rhiannon and her husband Ed and their children
Julia, Emily, Timmy and Oliver, grandson Jairus; as well as
her niece Lisa Moulthrop, countless cousins, other family,
friends, neighbors, and in-laws. Barbara was predeceased by
her mother, father and sister.
Visitation will held at Brooks Funeral Home on Thursday,
February 1st from 4pm -7pm. A funeral service will he held
at Goodwill Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, NY on Friday,
February 2 at 11 am, with burial following in Goodwill
Cemetery, Montgomery, NY.
In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kaplan Family
Hospice Residence or Chapel Field Christian Schools.
Many
thanks to Jenna's Chapel Field family for their care,
concern and prayers; many thanks to the Kaplan Family
Residence nurses, social workers, chaplains, doctors and
aids for their care and respect they showed; and many thanks
to the at-home Hospices nurses that took care of her. -
August 9, 1945 ~ January 25, 2024
Barbara Valentine Freeborn - Class of 1963 went to be
with the Lord on January 25, 2024 after a brief but fierce
battle with cancer. She was born on August 9, 1945, in
Newburgh, NY to Tom and Grace Valentine, and her sister
Rosemary joined later. A lifelong resident of the area, she
attended Newburgh schools, married in 1973, and worked as a
highly sought after hairdresser back in the day. After the
birth of her daughter Jenna, she worked at McDonald's for
many, many years and enjoyed every minute. She attended
Sacred Heart Church in Newburgh for many years and later
attended and became a member of Goodwill Presbyterian Church
in Montgomery.