Barbara Ann Beien Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Barbara Ann Beien of Council Bluffs, Iowa, born in Sterling, Illinois, who passed away at the age of 91, on November 9, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Barbara Ann farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Barbara Ann is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her husband James E Smith; her parents, Frank M Beien and Margaret Beien (Preston); her siblings, Frank R Beien, David A Beien and Rita L Modler; her son-in-law Kevin Heald; and her grandson Bobby Brown.
She is survived by: her sister Margaret Mary Matthews of Washington State; and her children, Kathleen A Holtz (Kendall) and Holtz of Omaha, NE.. She is also survived by 12 Grandchildren, 16 Great Grandchildren and 7 Great Great Grandchildren.
