Barbara Ann Mushinski

Barbara was the daughter of Leon and Annie Deschensky and sister to Jeanie Deschensky Wade. Barbara graduated from Incarnate Word Academy in Houston in 1962. Shortly after graduation, she married Bill Louis Mushinski. She and Bill were the proud parents of three sons Ronnie, Brian, and Allen. The Mushinski’s moved to Missouri City, and the Mushinski home and Barbara was a favorite neighborhood “Mom” to many friends of the boys. One of Barbara’s loves was planning and hosting family celebrations. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Barbara took short trips to Mexico with friends and enjoyed trips around the United States and a Caribbean cruise with longtime friend, JD Martin. Most recently she attended her grandson’s 2022 Austin College football games.

She worked at the Westmoreland Dairy in Houston, and later as an office manager for Dr. Jim F. Waldron at Houston Ear Nose and Throat at Southwest Memorial. She was blessed to work with a great group of coworkers at Houston Ear Nose and Throat; many became lifelong friends. In Barbara’s spare time, she catered weddings on the weekends with her next-door neighbor. In post-retirement, she enjoyed baking her legendary and delicious special occasion cakes for individuals and Powell Industries for 40 plus years.

Barbara attended and was an active and supportive “Mimi” to her grandchildren through all types of school events and attended numerous soccer, baseball and football games where she developed friendships with other parents and grandparents. In October of 2022, Barbara was blessed with her first great-grandchild, Wesley Ray Flores, son of Skylar and Stevie Flores. She loved her family, friends and loved getting to know other people in general. She had a welcoming smile, a curious and an inquisitive nature and made friends easily wherever she went. She will be remembered as the person that lived a fulfilling life, loved unconditionally, and laughed until the end.

Barbara is preceded in death by her parents, Leon and Annie; her husband, Bill Mushinski and her longtime friend, J.D. Martin. She is survived by her sister, Jeanie Wade and her three beloved sons, Ronnie and his wife Kristi, Brian and his fiancé Lori and Allen and his wife Lisa. Barbara has four cherished grandchildren, Skylar Ann Mushinski Flores, Casey Lane Mushinski, Colin Lane Mushinski and Devin Wayne Mushinski.