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Barbara A. (Wilkinson) Minton
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- August 1, 1942 - June 12, 2010
- Viewing Location: 6330 Center Street, Mentor, OH 44060
- Viewings: Tuesday, June 15, from 2:00 until 4:00 and from 6:00 until 8:00 PM
- Funeral services for Barbara A. (Wilkinson) Minton, 67, of Eastlake, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio Funeral Home, 6330 Center St. (Route 615, north of Route 2), Mentor. Mrs. Minton passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby. Born Aug. 1, 1942, in Port Chester, N.Y., she was a Lake County resident for 52 years. Barbara graduated from West Geauga High School in 1960, Kent State University in 1964 and completed 30 post-graduate hours. Mrs. Minton taught elementary grades in West Geauga, Maple Heights and Willoughby-Eastlake School Systems, retiring in 2001 after 30 years and six years of substituting. She served as chairman of the board of Christian education, Sunday school superintendent and director of Vacation Bible School and recording secretary of First United Church of Christ in Eastlake. She was a volunteer at Geauga Community Hospital, R.S.V.P. Reading Buddies program at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Eastlake and Lake County Retired Teachers. After retirement from education, she worked at Scooters Ice Cream in Willoughby, YMCA, and for The Home Selling Team and Paramount Wealth Group. She was the loving mother of Robert L. (Lesley) Minton of Willoughby and cherished grandmother of Hannah M. and Katherine H. Minton. She is also survived by six nieces and nephews and 19 great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Agnes (Murphy) Wilkinson; brother, Frank Wilkinson Jr. and sister-in-law, Pam Wilkinson. The family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The Rev. Richard D. Weller will officiate at services. Burial will be in All Souls Cemetery in Chardon Township. Donations may be made in her name to Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119 or to First United Church of Christ, 36721 Lake Shore Blvd., Eastlake, OH 44095.
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- Bob, please accept our sincerest condolences on the passing of your mother. It is never easy to lose a loved one and it is always harder when they have been such a mainstay in our lives. Please know that you, Lesley, and the girls are in our thoughts and prayers. Bob & Karen Grazioli
- Robert J. Grazioli • 06/16/10, 9:04 am
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- Barb was one of my favorite teachers at Edison Elementary School where we worked together for a few years. She was very welcoming when I first came to Edison. As I got to know her, I saw that she was a very unique person. Her sense of humor was amazing. She made me laugh every day! Our personalities clashed a little bit, but she was a wonderful person and friend. When she invited me to your annual breakfast in August, I knew that we were good friends. I missed her when she retired because that group of teachers that I started with at Edison were all retiring and that group was a good group of people. When they left, the humor and atmosphere changed at Edison and I missed them. Barb loved her family and her family was very important to her. Well, you are probably making the heavens laugh. And now instead of dancing in front of your picture window for a snow day, you will be up there controlling the weather! Good-bye Barb, You will be missed for a very, very long time.
- Michele S. Dickenson • 06/15/10, 8:12 am