Hello friends and family, this is Laura ....with heavy heart my family and I wanted to let you each know that mom passed away peacefully late last night.  Sara and Aunt Roberta were there by her side.  We know mom was just waiting to make it to hospice, she kept asking in the hospital late last week if she were there yet, and she made it there (Glenn Arbor in Battle Creek) Friday afternoon.   The room and surroundings were beautiful.  Dad is hanging in there but the pain for him and all of us is almost unbearable.  We thank you for your prayers of peace and comfort.  We will be having a Celebration of Life for Barbara.  Riverside Country Club is where she wanted this last event for her.  Mom's wishes were for it to be a celebration and while we all know she never liked being the center of attention, please bring your fun, crazy and memorable memories of her in your lives to share.  We will update this page, the Shopper, Facebook, etc as we finalize the Celebration date and time.  There will be no funeral.  Expected date of the celebration of life will hopefully be late this week.  The obituary will be published by Henry Funeral Home.  Much love to you all, Laura, Tom and Sara.