Barbara Ann Meyer

Barbara Meyer died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Lake Ridge Special Care Center in Moses Lake.

Born Barbara Ann Townsend, March 20, 1924, in Indianapolis, Ind., to Horace Wright Townsend and Sibyl Conklin (Lindley) Townsend, she was raised in that city and in the state of Texas. Barbara graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, and then became a "Rosie the Riveter" at the Brewerton Ship Yards in Washington during WW II.

She married Robert Scott, who died as a consequence of wounds suffered during WW II, and by whom she had daughter Sue Meyer Suppiger of Moses Lake, son Randy of Spokane, and son Steven of Denver. She then married Army officer Fred J. Meyer, later personnel director of Grand Coulee Dam, by whom she had daughter Johanna Meyer-Mitchell, a physician in Martinez, Calif.

Barbara dedicated 50 years as a volunteer for The American Red Cross, she was a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Grand Coulee area, serving as its first woman president, and she was a member of the Board of Directors of Coulee Community Hospital in Grand Coulee. In business for herself, she became an enrolled agent and created Meyer Tax Service, which continues in operation in the Grand Coulee Dam area.

She leaves behind a sister, Ellen of Los Angeles, a brother, John of Denver, her four children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother, Howard, who died during WW II, her first husband, and by her husband and life's companion, Fred, also a veteran of WW II.

Cremation is being handled by The Neptune Society with interment arrangements in Spring Canyon Cemetery for both Barbara and Fred pending. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her name to the Apple Valley Chapter (Wenatchee) Red Cross, GCD area Rotary Foundation, Coulee Medical Foundation, or to the charity of your choice.