Funeral services will be held 4PM on Friday, March 2nd at A.L. Moore-Grimshaw Mortuaries Bethany Chapel in Phoenix, AZ. Burial services will be held 10AM on Saturday, March 10th at Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fairoaks, CA.
Barbara was born in Quincy, MA to Grace Whitney Blake on August 7, 1925. She worked in the U.S. State Department after World War II where she was stationed in Austria and Yugoslavia (currently Serbia). She married Raymond H. Harper on November 8,1958 in San Francisco, CA.
Barbara is preceded in death by her husband Ray and mother Grace Whitney.
Barbara is survived by her son, Peter; daughter-in-law, Michele; and granddaughters, Sarah and Lindsay.
Memorials may be given to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation https://www.macular.org/how-donate
The family of Barbara wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the nurses and doctors at Abrazo Central Campus and the Independent Living and Skilled Nursing Staff at The Palazzo Senior Living Home in Phoenix.