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1937
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2025
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Barbara Garringer Obituary
Barbara was a Registered Nurse at Ball Memorial Hospital working as a charge nurse and later as head nurse. Thereafter she was employed with Orthopedics Surgeons in Muncie from 1983 till 2002 as a surgical nurse.
She was a member of Ball State Nurses Alumni, Indiana State Nurses Association, National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, Association of Operating Room Nurses, and obtained National Certification for over 40 years. She received a Sagamore of the Wabash award for her skill and dedication to nursing. She was also a member of Bluff Point Cemetery Association, Minnetrista Cultural Foundation, Sigma Theta Tau, Mississenewa Chapter DAR, and Jay County Historical Society. Barbara loved to travel and did so nationally and internationally with friends and family. She enjoyed reading and bowled on various leagues for several years.
Surviving is a sister Mary Jane Garringer Stolte of Spencerville. She was preceded in death by a sister Linda Lee Garringer, a niece Cathi Stolte Petrie, and a nephew Larry Stolte. She will be missed by family, friends and former patients.
Memorials may be made to the Portland Foundation to the Barbara L. Garringer Scholarship Fund.
Visitation will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Baird Freeman Funeral Home with a memorial service beginning at 2:00 P.M. Burial will be in the Bluff Point Cemetery.
Online condolences at www.bairdfreeman.com.
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Marilynn Kallen
February 2, 2025
I worked with Barb for many years at Central Indiana Orthopedics.She was truly an inspiration. She was one of the most dedicated nurses I have ever met. If Barb was there you knew that everything would be taken care of.She will be greatly missed.
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