OLDHAM, Barbara Ann (Huffman-Meyer) 1940-2009

OLDHAM, HUFFMAN, MEYER, JORDAN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/25/2009 at 12:19:33

BORN IN CHARLES CITY

Barbara Ann (Huffman-Meyer) Oldham

MASON CITY, IOWA - Barbara Ann (Huffman-Meyer) Oldham, 68, of Mason City, died Monday (March 23, 2009) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2009, at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Jon M. Seda officiating.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E. Mason City, with a rosary service at 6:30 p.m., followed by a scriptural wake. Memorials may be made to the Barbara Oldham Memorial Fund.

Barbara Ann was born April 28, 1940, in Charles City, Floyd county, Iowa, to Alice (Jordan) and Chester Huffman. She received her GED when she was 35 from NIACC in Mason City. She moved to Mason City Nov. 24, 1973, and started her own business, Tropical Fish Unlimited, June 16, 1973.

Barbara married John R. Oldham on November 10, 1975. Her first love was her husband, children and grandchildren. She loved her fish and pets, computer, crocheting, playing pool and fishing.

She is survived by her four daughters, BrendaSue Meyer of Eagle Grove, Trisha (John) Barnish of Charles City, Imelda (Les) Bertrand of Jacksonville, Florida, and Paula (Barry) Douglas of Jacksonville, Florida; four sons, William Meyer and (Linda) of Linn Grove, August (Monica) Meyer of Nashua, Allan (Heather) Meyer of Mason City and John R. Oldham Jr. of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her sister, Marcy (Andy) Nixt, of Greene; and brothers, Chester (Marlene) Huffman, of Charles City and Jim (Dixie) Huffman, of Mesa, Arizona.

Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, John Oldham Sr., March 13, 2004; mother, Alice Huffman, on May 5, 1992; and father, Chester Huffman, on Oct. 22, 1992; and sons, Richard Oldham on May 9, 1989, and Frank Oldham on June 14, 2003; her sister, Dixie Waterbury in January, 2007; and two grandchildren, Joshua Barnish and Christopher Sears.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 641-423-2372. www.colonialchapels.com

Published in the Globe Gazette - 3/25/2009

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