Our life is better for having known you.
George and Dee

Dear Mike & Briana,
I was so saddened to hear about your Mom. She was such a huge part of the lives of so many. I know she brought so much love and joy to your family. We are blessed that her story has been intertwined in the stores and memories of our family with so many stories about her love and humor. As well, over the many yrs she was a true friend and confidante to my father which brought great joy to him and for which I'm truly grateful.
Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
Peace be with you and yours.
Steve, Kaye & Bodhi

There is a special bond between a parent and a child.  No one can experience this loss as you do.  The thoughts and prayers of many are with you in this time of sorrow.

I have many fond memories of Barbara not only as a co-worker and study buddy but also as a friend of many years.  She will be missed terribly by many.

Grandma was the kind you only find in one lifetime. Kind, compassionate, and as caring as can be. She always supported me, no matter what I was doing. Especially when it came to my Drama and Theater. I will always miss her and keep her in my heart forever. I love you, Grandma.

She was so very much loved by each and everyone in our family..She will be missed very much..She always live on though her grandchildren and her great grandchildren..Love always Tommy and Bobbijo and Gabriella and Patrick Rapp..........

Dear Briana and Mike -- Many memories of Barb and our families when you kids were in grade school.   Mornings over coffee at your Mom's, barbeques in the carport with your Dad and Larry shucking oysters as fast as we could eat them.  Life took me to the Northwest but your Mom became such a mainstay to Larry for all those years.  She was so very important to Larry and I'm grateful she was such a giving friend.  I treasure the times I remember with Barb, and I know you'll miss her forever.  You have the comfort of knowing she lived well and is at peace.  Much love,

Jan Read
janread9@comcast.net
541-687-5900

She was a true friend, a trusted adviser and loyal to a fault. My life was so much richer by her friendship over the years. She's truly missed.

We are very sorry for your loss. We enjoyed having Sunday breakfast with Barbara for several years before her long illness.  Barbara and Bill were friends to lots of people in the local Branch and Unit of the Fleet Reserve Association.  We'll miss her as a member of Unit 22.

My mother was certainly one-of-a-kind.  She was the most loving, caring, compassionate, mother anyone could ever hope for.  She was very blessed with lots of loving friends and family that I know meant the world to her.  I am so grateful to have the length of years with her that I had but still so sad to lose such an incredible Mother.  She will forever be loved, remembered,and missed!

I will cherish all the love, laughter, and joy she brought to me and our family and will take comfort knowing that she is now reunited with my beloved Father, brother, grand parents, and uncle.

Grandma will always have a special place in my heart.  She was a strong, independant, loving woman.  She loved her family, friends, and her cat Butterscotch.  My favorite memory of her was when she slapped Eric's hand when he dared to reach for the check at lunch.  Grandma was a bright spot in our lives and we are blessed to call her family.

I have 65-years of memories with Barbara ... or Bobby Ann as her parents and grandparents called her ... and I can't think of a single time when we were unhappy with each other.  During our teen years, we were close enough to be sisters and it sometimes seemed as if we were as I spent a lot of time in the Herriman household then.  In our later years, long after her children were all grown up, we visited again during Barb's annual trips back to Michigan but we never lost contact during the interim years.  There were always letters, cards and phone calls exchanged that kept us up-to-date with each other's comings and goings.  Life provides friends along the journey but not very many special friends ... Barbara was one of my special friends and I will remember our good times together.  I will miss her, of course, and my heart goes out to her children as I know their loss is heartbreaking.  With this message, my love, along with condolences, is sent to Mike & Brianna and their families.

I never knew my daughter Katelyn had Grandma's birthday.  I still have birthday cards from when I was 10 and older.  I have found memories of her.  I will miss her.

I remember Barbara and I working together....... We all came to work for the enjoyment of being together and not for the job itself...... We had many laughts together... May she now rest in peace.
Sandra Korteling

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Barbara Ann Rapp

May 21, 1934 – June 23, 2012

Oak Lawn Funeral Home

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