Dr. Barbara Wende

Dr. Barbara Wende, 74, of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away on April 10, 2020. She was born on December 4, 1945 in Juarez, Chihuahua and raised in El Paso, TX. She had many accomplishments in her life. Barbara received her B.S. and Masters in Nursing from Texas Woman’s University; and Doctorate from U of Arkansas. She was a Professor of Nursing at U of Texas, Houston and U of Arkansas, Little Rock; Director of Nursing Education at Arkansas Children’s Hospital; Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center; Director of the Nursing School at East AR Community College; and Director for the College of Health Sciences at UAFS. Her greatest accomplishment was being a loving, kind, understanding, and wise wife and mother. Her only uncompleted task was to finish raising her husband and children.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Catalina and Macario Veliz.

She is survived by her loving husband, Raymond Wende; one daughter, Catherine Wende & wife Stephanie Hammon of Houston, TX; one son, Roger Wende of Charlotte, NC; two grandchildren, Ryan and Caitlin Wende of Charlotte, NC; two sisters, Mary Lou Louviere of Little Rock, AR and Olga Rodriguez of Dallas, TX.

P.S. This obituary would have been longer, but she was frugal and they charge by the letter.

No services are scheduled at this time. Arrangements are entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home.