Barbara Proctor

Barbara Proctor SEATTLE - Barbara Ellen Van Wechel Henry Proctor, born in Seattle, Wash., Dec. 30, 1946, left her earthly friends and family to join her Savior Jesus Christ in the heavenly home prepared for her on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 at a Seattle hospital. She lived in Norfolk for about 15 years and collected many friends in this area. She also lived for a number of years in the Denver area before moving back to Seattle to care for her parents, Alwin and Betty Van Wechel who survive their daughter. Also left to cherish her memory are her husband of six months, Phillip Proctor; her four children, Betty Jean Larson and her husband Daniel of Denver with their three children, Finlay, Ione, and Lael; Sara Christine Peterson and her husband David of Chattanooga, Tenn., with their four children, Emma, Owen, Liam and Jacob; Nathan Allan Henry and his wife Rami of Littleton, Colo.; and Daniel Edwin Hayes Henry and his wife Emily of St. Louis; siblings, Steven Van Wechel and his wife Cathy of Savanna, Ga., Rebecca Morton and her husband David of Malawi and Terrance Van Wechel and his wife Anna of Seattle. Also grieving the untimely death are innumerable friends in various parts of the country and the world where she lived, traveled, or with whom she connected via her Christian writings and weblog. Barbara graduated from Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Tenn., which also graduated three of her four children. After receiving a teaching degree, she later earned a degree in counseling. Her special lifelong interest was teaching and counseling women. She wrote several well-received Christian study texts for women. Her other chief joy were her children and her seven grandchildren. A funeral was held at Greenlake Presbyterian Church in Seattle on Friday, Sept. 3. People desiring to honor Barbara's memory were asked to donate to the Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi c/o Crosspoint Church, 804 N. 64th St., Seattle, WA 98103.