Barbara Blakney Brumder

Came to rest on December 26, 2012, peacefully at her family home on North Lake surrounded by her children, grandchildren and "Bobbie" (Opi), her devoted husband of 67 years. She was born on June 12, 1925, as the only child of Janet and George Blakney. Barbara's most beloved legacy was her 5 children Thekla and Richard Sanford, Robo and Kathy Brumder, Charlie and Katie Brumder, Amy and Scott Nunnally, David Brumder, her 11 grandchildren and 6 great- grandchildren. Barbara grew up in Milwaukee, raised her family on Pine Lake and enjoyed her last 36 years in her family home, Hopkins Place, on North Lake. Barbara and Bob loved the Arizona desert mountains and their homes at Bitter Creek Ranch near Castle Hot Springs and Rancho de los Caballeros in Wickenburg, Arizona, where they spent their winters. Barbara was a dedicated and active board member of the Kettle Moraine Garden Club, the Milwaukee Ballet, The Living Church, Planned Parenthood of Milwaukee, University Lake School and Stratford Hall in Virginia. She was a life long Episcopalian who was a founding member of St. Anskar's Church in Hartland and a member of St. Alban's Church in Wickenburg, Arizona. Her children, grandchildren and their spouses Kayt (Brumder) and Jorge Pereira, Fritz and Molly (Denk) Brumder, Blakeney Sanford and her fiancé Bennett Williams, Bradley (Brumder) and Eddie Wabiszewski, Ellery (Brumder) and Quentin Thomas, Thekla (Brumder) and Dylan Ross, Karley, Lexi and Eily Brumder, Sophie and Avery Nunnally. Her great-grandchildren Reina Williams, Augie, Charlotte and Molly Wabiszewski, Solari and Ike Brumder.