Barbara C. Radley

Barbara Colene Radley was born on May 13, 1926 on the family farm, the daughter of William Edgar Radley and Lillian Mae (Harris) Radley.

She graduated from New Point High school, class of 1943.  Following graduation, she attended business school in St. Joseph, MO with an emphasis on accounting.  She was then employed by Dannon Mills but soon returned to the family farm in Oregon, Missouri to help her father with the animals and field work.

In the fall of 1961 she relocated to Higginsville, Missouri where her younger sister Lila’s family lived.  She ‘adopted’ her sister’s family as her own, helping with cooking, gardening, housekeeping, and child care.  Her longest tenure of employment was for the Coast to Coast Hardware store in Higginsville from 1970 until 1988.   In addition, she also worked several years at the TA truck stop in Concordia and later at True Value Hardware in Higginsville.

The church of her childhood was Union Christian Church in rural Oregon.  At her move to west central Missouri, she became a member of Cedar Grove Christian Church in Mayview, Missouri, volunteering in the children’s department and with the ladies aid and missionary society.  In her later years she attended Richmond Christian Chapel. Barbara was a lifelong lover of children, milk cows, chickens and gardening.

Barbara passed away on July 15, 2021 at her Higginsville home at the age of 95.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Edgar, and his daughter, Joan.

She is survived by her brother, William Edgar "Junior" Radley of Oregon; her sister, Lila Young, of Higginsville; her nieces, Ramona Lewis of Savannah, Missouri,  Dawn Batteiger of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Dana George of Carthage, Missouri; her nephews, Douglas Gibson of Raymore, Missouri, Derry Gibson of Drexel, Missouri, Ryan Radley of Oregon, Larry Radley, of San Antonio, Texas, and Denton Gibson of Marsing, Idaho; several great nieces and nephews, and many great-great nieces and nephews.

Service of remembrance: Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 2:00 pm, New Point Christian Church. Family will greet friends one hour prior to services. Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Oregon. Memorials: Maple Grove Cemetery or Answers in Genesis ministry.