Barbara J. Laszkiewicz

Memory Eternal to a good friend!

I will miss my grandma very much. I liked when she would take me out shopping. I would always put on a fashion show for her with all my new clothes.

I also would like when she babysat me when I was little. Her favorite thing was to do puzzles with me. She would scratch my back as we watched TV. One time she even set off the fire alarm by burning toast!

Grandma took me on my first trip to Disney world when I was 5. My favorite memories were when she got stuck in an innertube at the pool, how she would zoom away in her cart and get lost, and meeting Cinderella with her.

My last memory of my grandma is when we took her to Buca de Beppo for her birthday in May and the whole restaurant sang to her, REALLY LOUDLY! She was so happy!

I love her very much and I will miss her.

I will always remember you. you were a very special person in my life. we will meet in the after life I'm sure. miss those yrs of growing up on south side and all the fun times we had. we were all good kids. had no money, but we were happy for the most part. I remember the old gang. kutch, Justin, woody and there girl friends. mimi too. she was smart. dam shame we all have to grow old. wish we could turn back time. see you soon girl. love ya.

Goodbye my dearest high school friend! What fun we had pretending we were the female versions of the Everly Brothers, billing ourselves as the "Beverly Sisters," singing duets and gyrating our hips in front of my mother's large round dresser mirror. "Wake up, Little Susie, Wake Up!" Or, traveling to Shadeland, visiting Conneaut Lake Amusement Park and making our little green record in the booth where we sang "our" hit song and you excitedly told the world about Knobby being at Shadeland. Or, in our earlier years, dressing as twin "vampires" for the Halloween dance at Brashear Community Center. "Knock three times on the ceiling" would be playing and you had fun dancing with Ronny W.

I remember how impressed we were that Larry could play a 12 string guitar and that his parents had the oldest gas station in Pittsburgh on that triangular corner.

We went separate ways afterwards (college), but tried reconnecting when your beloved Julie was 8 or 9, when both she and my Nick danced in the Tammies together for a short time. Such fun times!

God bless you and I know you'll find peace and joy in Heaven, reconnecting with all those you hold dear. Memory Eternal dear friend from S. 22nd Street! I never see that home without thinking of you!

Barbara was a ray of sunshine. She had a great personality and she will be missed.
My memories of Barbara go way back to her school days at South High in Pittsburgh. My condolences to her daughter, brothers, neighbors and friends. Her last few years must have been rough. But there were many more happy years. May she rest in peace.