Barbara J Brands

Barbara Brands was born on March 21, 1929, in Melrose Park, Illinois to Richard and Lydia (Kuhlman) Gosch. She was baptized on March 31, 1929, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Melrose Park, Illinois and confirmed on April 18, 1943. She married Willis N. Brands on May 22, 1948, at St. John Lutheran Church in Eagle Lake and remained an active member of that church for over the next seventy years. They had three children. Cynthia of Plainfield, Illinois, William of Sedona, Arizona, and John now deceased. Barbara worked for Farmers State Bank from 1962 to March 1994. After retirement, she volunteered at the Beecher Community Library and Vacation Bible School at St. John Lutheran Church where she also served on the altar guild and sang in the choir. She will always be remembered as a loving mother for her three children, loving grandmother for her seven grandchildren, and loving great grandmother for her twelve great grandchildren. "CUBS WIN" Burial will be at the St. John Cemetery on Friday, December 29, 2023. Memorials may be given to Peace Lutheran Church, Funeral directions are under the Hack-Jensen Funeral Home in Beecher