Barbara Van Curen

Barbara Seelbach Lindblad Van Curen, 96, passed away October 5, 2025, in Gainesville, Florida. She was born December 13, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Annabel Porter Seelbach and Walter Louis Seelbach.

Barbara attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and completed her Bachelor of Arts at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut.

Mother to four children, she organized daily schedules, attending all school and athletic events. As a Laurel School middle school math teacher, she inspired many students to pursue the science fields. A member of Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights and later Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Middleburg, Virginia, Barbara enjoyed her church communities, singing hymns, ringing in the bell choir, and accompanying the harp with her flute.

Barbara was preceded in death by husbands William Shepard Lindblad and Richard Van Curen, sisters Bette (Seelbach) Gibson and Marcia (Seelbach) Hemphill, and daughter Sharon (Lindblad) Wilson (Gary Wilson). Surviving family members include daughters Catherine (Lindblad) Ketel (Edwin Ketel), Anne(Lindblad) Quanbeck (David Quanbeck), and son Robert Walter Lindblad (Donna Brown), grandchildren Annessa (Ketel) Anderson (Reid Anderson), Tanner Ketel (Abby Ketel), Michael Wilson (Tami Wilson), Erica Wilson, George Lindblad (Stephanie Sumedi), Karl Lindblad, Katherine Lindblad, Caroline (Quanbeck) Kircos (David Kircos)and Annika Quanbeck, great-grandchildren Alaira Anderson, Kenley Anderson, Kamden Ketel, Kaylyn Ketel, Bodhi Lindblad, and Serena Lindblad.

Barbara's Celebration of Life will be May 9, 2026 11:00 am at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Middleburg, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Laurel School's Barbara S Lindblad Middle School Mathematics Teachers Fund. Online at:

Https://www.laurelschool.org/giving/restriced-giving. or by mail at 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 Or Haven Hospice, 4200 NW 90th Boulevard, Gainesville, FLA 32606.