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Barbara E. Marcus

Kansas City, Missouri

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Barbara Elaine (Burstein) Marcus died March 6, 2009 in Lemon Grove, CA. She was born January 29, 1928 in Kansas City, MO, the second child of Joseph Burstein and Bertha (Goldberg) Burstein; her father cofounded the retail electronics chain Burstein-Applebee Company. Barbara graduated from...

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We can only say Thank you for allowing us the time we had with such a bright beautiful woman! She is greatly missed... Sungarden

In "Out for a row," notice Barbara's loyal coxswain, Garbo (in rowing parlance known as a "bow-dog"). This photo by Lee Marcus lovingly captures two of my mom's passions: dogs and the water.
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"There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet/As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet/Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart/Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.

Yet it was not that nature had shed...

Out for a row

Skiing in Colorado Rockies (ca. 1980)

Barbara as Millie in "Picnic" (Inge) KC, MO 1956

"Glamour"

Barbara (rare photo with long hair!)

To Barbara's sons, I give my deepest condolences. Barbara was truly one of a kind. When I first met Barbara I thought she was the most interesting and extremely bright woman who dared to say what others could only think. I enjoyed our conversations and her unique humor. She will truly be missed.

Barbara (mid-20s) on the lake