Barbara Monaghan

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Barbara Jean Bowman Monaghan, 77, died after a long illness at her home in Aurora, Ill., April 9.

Barbara was born to Roland "Bill" and Vera Clarke Bowman in Spokane on June 28, 1926. The Bowman family moved to Bend, where Barbara attended school before moving to Salem, where her father operated Bowman's Garage until his death in 1981.Barbara was married on Dec. 19, 1943, in Salem to Bernard Monaghan. Bernard and Barbara and their family moved to North Powder in 1950 and to Hermiston in 1969.

After Bernard's death in 1984, Barbara joined her daughters in Woodridge, Ill. She later moved to Somerset, N.J., where she lived until returning to Aurora, where she had lived the past six years. She loved music and dancing, and keeping the seasons by the migration of wild birds. She loved the ocean, seashells and exploring lighthouses along both coasts.

She is survived by her children, Judith Monaghan, Becky Monaghan Jones and her husband Mike of Pendleton, Michelle Monaghan Krumholz and her husband Matt of Oswego, Ill., her son James Monaghan and his wife Penny of Aloha; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy DeLapp; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews. Her husband; brother, Billy Bowman; sister, Mary Cox; and numerous other relatives died earlier.

A memorial mass will be said at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston at 2 p.m. June 26, with burial following at the Hermiston Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held immediately following the services.