Barbara Iris Briggs
Visitation will be 5:30p.m~7:00p.m Monday, December 2, 2024, at Hennessey Funeral Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Funeral Service will be 10:30a.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at the First Lutheran Church in Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Family would like
to invite everyone to a time of lunch and fellowship at Mondamin Community
Center in Mondamin, Iowa following burial.
Barbara Iris Briggs
of Mondamin, IA, passed away November 27, 2024, at 81 years old at the Israel
Hospice House in Ames, IA.
Barbara was born to
James and Pollyanna Cowan in Omaha, NE on January 21, 1943.
Barbara had a
passion for her family and her faith.
She also enjoyed
gardening, cooking and traveling. Especially to the Black Hills. She could
spend days driving through the Black Hills looking at nature and reminiscing
about previous vacations to the area.
Barbara was a
great cook. Barbara and Frank would host many family gatherings and fish fries
for friends.
She loved
spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Attending almost every activity and sports events. Those activities made her
heart happy and put a smile on her face.
Barbara was
preceded in death by her parents James Cowan, Pollyanna Hosteller and brother
Michael Cowan.
She is survived
by her Husband Frank Briggs, children Keri Meyer (Bill), Dean Johnson and Beau
Briggs (Shannon), stepdaughter Bobbie Brooks (Jason), grandchildren Joseph
Litel, Katie Hansen (Curt), Lisa Gunnels, Tegan Hart (Cody), Dru Brooks, Molli
Brooks, Ariel Williams, Tess Jackowski, Scarlett Briggs and Justice Briggs, great
grandchildren Nicole Courtier, Jazzmyn Gunnels, Dierks Hansen, Reagan Hansen,
Lainee Hansen, and many nieces and nephews.