Susan Decker Barrows

Katherine's mother died at home yesterday at age 98. Katherine and her sisters Elizabeth and Margaret were at her bedside.

The following obituary was written by her years ago (without the date) and published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Barrows Susan Decker Barrows died on July 28, 2004. Born on November 29, 1905, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Decker of Minneapolis. She attended Northrop Collegiate School (now Blake School), graduated from Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and attended Vassar College. In June 1930 she married Lyman Barrows, who died in 1960. They had four daughters: Susan B. Patterson of San Marino, CA; Elizabeth B. King of Ithaca, NY; Katherine B. Moule of Berkeley, CA; and Margaret B. Yamashita of Claremont, CA; as well as eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Mrs. Barrows lived in Wayzata. She was active in community affairs and was at one time the president of the Minneapolis Junior League, the Lake Minnetonka Garden Club, the Friends of the Minneapolis Art Institute, and the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Minnesota. Mrs. Barrows also was a member of the Woodhill Country Club, the Minneapolis Club and the Encampment Forest Association. At Mrs. Barrows request, there will be no funeral or memorial service. The family requests no flowers; memorials are at the donor's discretion.

Published in the Star Tribune from 7/30/2004 - 8/1/2004.