Barbara Jean Argabrite
April 8, 1923 - Sept. 4, 2019
Barbara Argabrite died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 of natural causes.
Barbara, with family, left Kansas during the depression of 1936. The family arrived in Salem, Ore., picking crops with family, for a living.
She graduated from Salem High School in 1941 and moved to Portland with the family. She worked with Columbia Aircraft as a riveter in the shipyards during the war where she riveted PB2y's together. She worked at J.C. Penny's then went to work with Pacific Power and Light Co., where she met her husband Ernie Argabrite. They were married in Bakersfield, Calif., Dec. 23, 1947. Barb worked for PP&L for 35 years.
Barbara liked to sing and was with a ladies choir singing in the Portland area. She also volunteered at the Public Library.
Barbara loved to travel and went with friends and family to many countries. She traveled with her brother Nick and wife Norma in their jointly owned MotorHome. Barbara most recently traveled to Brazil in 2016 with her sister Phyllis Wood, nephew Pete Wood and friend Chris.
Barbara was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church and is with our Savior now.
Born in Wichita, Kan., April 8, 1923, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Argabrite in 1994; and parents, Arthur J. Warneke and Pauline M. Lawrenz.
Surviving sisters are, Donna L. Knauft and husband, Ray of Woodburn, Ore.; and Phyllis Wood of Roseburg, Ore.; nephews and nieces, Joyce Lewis, Debbie Choruby, Scott Wood, Peter Wood, Kelsey Wood, Terry Knauft, Paula Moore and Jess Knauft.
Gravesite Services TBD at skyline memorial gardens.
Published in The Oregonian from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18, 2019
April 8, 1923 - Sept. 4, 2019
Barbara Argabrite died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 of natural causes.
Barbara, with family, left Kansas during the depression of 1936. The family arrived in Salem, Ore., picking crops with family, for a living.
She graduated from Salem High School in 1941 and moved to Portland with the family. She worked with Columbia Aircraft as a riveter in the shipyards during the war where she riveted PB2y's together. She worked at J.C. Penny's then went to work with Pacific Power and Light Co., where she met her husband Ernie Argabrite. They were married in Bakersfield, Calif., Dec. 23, 1947. Barb worked for PP&L for 35 years.
Barbara liked to sing and was with a ladies choir singing in the Portland area. She also volunteered at the Public Library.
Barbara loved to travel and went with friends and family to many countries. She traveled with her brother Nick and wife Norma in their jointly owned MotorHome. Barbara most recently traveled to Brazil in 2016 with her sister Phyllis Wood, nephew Pete Wood and friend Chris.
Barbara was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church and is with our Savior now.
Born in Wichita, Kan., April 8, 1923, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Argabrite in 1994; and parents, Arthur J. Warneke and Pauline M. Lawrenz.
Surviving sisters are, Donna L. Knauft and husband, Ray of Woodburn, Ore.; and Phyllis Wood of Roseburg, Ore.; nephews and nieces, Joyce Lewis, Debbie Choruby, Scott Wood, Peter Wood, Kelsey Wood, Terry Knauft, Paula Moore and Jess Knauft.
Gravesite Services TBD at skyline memorial gardens.
Published in The Oregonian from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18, 2019
Barbara Jean Argabrite
April 8, 1923 - Sept. 4, 2019
Barbara Argabrite died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 of natural causes.
Barbara, with family, left Kansas during the depression of 1936. The family arrived in Salem, Ore., picking crops with family, for a living.
She graduated from Salem High School in 1941 and moved to Portland with the family. She worked with Columbia Aircraft as a riveter in the shipyards during the war where she riveted PB2y's together. She worked at J.C. Penny's then went to work with Pacific Power and Light Co., where she met her husband Ernie Argabrite. They were married in Bakersfield, Calif., Dec. 23, 1947. Barb worked for PP&L for 35 years.
Barbara liked to sing and was with a ladies choir singing in the Portland area. She also volunteered at the Public Library.
Barbara loved to travel and went with friends and family to many countries. She traveled with her brother Nick and wife Norma in their jointly owned MotorHome. Barbara most recently traveled to Brazil in 2016 with her sister Phyllis Wood, nephew Pete Wood and friend Chris.
Barbara was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church and is with our Savior now.
Born in Wichita, Kan., April 8, 1923, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Argabrite in 1994; and parents, Arthur J. Warneke and Pauline M. Lawrenz.
Surviving sisters are, Donna L. Knauft and husband, Ray of Woodburn, Ore.; and Phyllis Wood of Roseburg, Ore.; nephews and nieces, Joyce Lewis, Debbie Choruby, Scott Wood, Peter Wood, Kelsey Wood, Terry Knauft, Paula Moore and Jess Knauft.
Gravesite Services TBD at skyline memorial gardens.
Published in The Oregonian from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18, 2019
April 8, 1923 - Sept. 4, 2019
Barbara Argabrite died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 of natural causes.
Barbara, with family, left Kansas during the depression of 1936. The family arrived in Salem, Ore., picking crops with family, for a living.
She graduated from Salem High School in 1941 and moved to Portland with the family. She worked with Columbia Aircraft as a riveter in the shipyards during the war where she riveted PB2y's together. She worked at J.C. Penny's then went to work with Pacific Power and Light Co., where she met her husband Ernie Argabrite. They were married in Bakersfield, Calif., Dec. 23, 1947. Barb worked for PP&L for 35 years.
Barbara liked to sing and was with a ladies choir singing in the Portland area. She also volunteered at the Public Library.
Barbara loved to travel and went with friends and family to many countries. She traveled with her brother Nick and wife Norma in their jointly owned MotorHome. Barbara most recently traveled to Brazil in 2016 with her sister Phyllis Wood, nephew Pete Wood and friend Chris.
Barbara was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church and is with our Savior now.
Born in Wichita, Kan., April 8, 1923, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Argabrite in 1994; and parents, Arthur J. Warneke and Pauline M. Lawrenz.
Surviving sisters are, Donna L. Knauft and husband, Ray of Woodburn, Ore.; and Phyllis Wood of Roseburg, Ore.; nephews and nieces, Joyce Lewis, Debbie Choruby, Scott Wood, Peter Wood, Kelsey Wood, Terry Knauft, Paula Moore and Jess Knauft.
Gravesite Services TBD at skyline memorial gardens.
Published in The Oregonian from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18, 2019
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