Baird-Freeman Funeral Home

221 North Meridian

Portland, Indiana 47371

260-726-7171

baird-freeman@yahoo.com

Barbara L. Garringer, age 87, passed away on Saturday January 25, 2025 in Westminster Village in Muncie.  She was born February 27, 1937 in  Pike Township, Jay County the daughter of Grover and Mabel (Shaneyfelt) Garringer.  She was raised in a home farm environment.   Barbara attended Bluff Point schools and graduated from Jefferson High School in Randolph County in 1955. She earned her bachelors and Masters Degrees from Ball State and Ball State School of Nursing.

Barbara was a Registered Nurse at Ball Memorial Hospital working as a charge nurse and later as head nurse.  Thereafter she was employed with Orthopedics Surgeons in Muncie from 1983 till 2002 as a surgical nurse.

She was a member of Ball State Nurses Alumni, Indiana State Nurses Association, National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, Association of Operating Room Nurses, and obtained National Certification for over 40 years. She received a Sagamore of the Wabash award for her skill and dedication to nursing. She was also a member of Bluff Point Cemetery Association, Minnetrista Cultural Foundation, Sigma Theta Tau, Mississenewa Chapter DAR, and Jay County Historical Society.  Barbara loved to travel and did so nationally and internationally with friends and family.  She enjoyed reading and bowled on various leagues for several years.

Surviving is a sister Mary Jane Garringer Stolte of Spencerville.  She was preceded in death by a sister Linda Lee Garringer, a niece Cathi Stolte Petrie, and a nephew Larry Stolte. She will be missed by family, friends and former patients.

Memorials may be made to the Portland Foundation to the Barbara L. Garringer Scholarship Fund.

Visitation will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Baird Freeman Funeral Home with a memorial service beginning at 2:00 P.M.  Burial will be in the Bluff Point Cemetery.

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