Barbara B. Slade

Barbara B. Slade, of Newburgh, died Friday, December 21, 2007, at River Pointe Health Campus. She was 82.

The daughter of well-known educator H.E. Binford and his wife, Lois, Barbara grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where she attended Indiana University. She was a Kappa Alpha Theta at I.U. and graduated in 1946.

Barbara spent the next several years teaching high school English and drama in Martinsville, Indiana, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and then at Reitz High School in Evansville. She met Evansville native Robert B. "Bob" Slade in 1950 at The Elks Club. They married in 1951 and moved to Newburgh in 1952. Bob died in 1991.

Barbara was an icon in little league parks, basketball stands and football fields in Southern Indiana and beyond. She watched her sons and grandsons and granddaughters play and cheer for almost 50 years. She was also an avid — and excellent — bridge player who could be encouraged to drop almost anything (except a ball game!) to sit at a bridge table for several hours.

She is survived and beloved by her children and grandchildren: Bryan B. Slade, his wife Candy, their children Kelsey and Connor; Marty Slade Perlman and her husband Budd; and Thomas E. Slade, his wife Lisa Gourieux Slade, and their children Hunter, Emily and Bryan.

Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, December 24, at Alexander East Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Todd Bussey, with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may visit Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. until service time at Alexander East Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, contributions would be welcome in her name at Crossroads Christian Church, 10800 Lincoln Avenue, Newburgh, IN 47630. Condolences may be made online at www.mem.com. Arrangements by Alexander East Chapel, 2115 Lincoln Avenue.