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A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, at 5:00 pm, at Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home and Crematory, 4600 County Line Road. Visitation will be from 3:30pm until the time of the service. Private burial will be the next day, Wednesday, January 5, 2021, at Graceland Cemetery.
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Barbara Jean Myhre, 61, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021. She was born in Burlington on July 15, 1960, the daughter of the late Richard and Grace Cook.
Barbara Myhre graduated from Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WSD) in Delavan, Wi, Class of 1979. At WSD she was a manager of both track and field and girls’ volleyball teams. Upon graduating, she then studied accounting at Saint Paul Technical Vocational institute in St. Paul, MN. Barbara would later marry and divorce Ricky Myhre with whom she had two sons.
Barbara was an avid painter and loved to work with her hands. She loved to watch soap operas and her two favorite game shows, The Price is Right and the Wheel of Fortune. She enjoyed spending time with friends and family and especially loved spending time with her lifelong partner John Lichtenberg; the two were inseparable. In her later years, Barbara would enjoy long car rides in the summer and spending time with her sons. Barbara was an inspiration to her sons and will be sorely missed.
Barbara leaves to cherish her memory her two sons, Richard and Robert Myhre; grandson, Gabriel Myhre; brother, Allen Cook; niece and nephew, Benjamin and Sarah Cook; Aunt Shirley Lepow of Kewaunee, Aunt Audrey (Harold) Pedersen of Tomahawk, Uncle Curtis (Arvilla) Cook, Lakeville, Minn; other relatives and dear friends too numerous to mention. The family extends special thanks to LPN- Kimberly McClain and caregivers, Desiree McClain, Julie McClain, and Minnie Johnson.
Barbara is preceded in death by her father, Richard R. Cook; mother, Grace E. Cook; stepmother, Opal Cook; and Lifelong Partner, John Lichtenberg.
A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, at 5:00 pm, at Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home and Crematory, 4600 County Line Road. Visitation will be from 3:30pm until the time of the service. Private burial will be the next day, Wednesday, January 5, 2021, at Graceland Cemetery.
He will wipe away every tear from their eye, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. – Revelation 21:4
Payne Family says
Sincere Condolences to Barbara’s Family for your loss.
I remember her as a teenager our neighbor on Wilson st. I remembered her face, sweet person.
Richard Myhre says
I will always love you Mom! I miss you so much but I know your in a better place. Till we meet again!
Shirley Lepow says
So sorry for the loss of your Mother, my niece, Barbara.
Anonymous says
Our thoughts and prayers are with you boys at this sad time. May it comfort you to know she is at rest and in a better place. We are unable to be with you at this time with love and concern her
Aunt Audrey and Uncle Harold Pedersen now living in Madison, WI.
Zack Radke says
Barbara’s soul will shine in the heaven. She always was very kind and offered me snacks or food when I came to the house to see Richard. In loving memory you will be missed. In spirit I give my support and condolences on this day of celebration, love always
Barbara Jean Casper says
Barbara was a wonderful sister in law and then I moved up here. I missed her and knew her well. Condolences to Richard and Robert and all her families.