Barbara Despain

Barbara Despain

Barbara Stephensen Despain peacefully passed away on January 23, 2012.  She was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on April 12, 1929 to Willard and Elizabeth Stephensen.  She married Merland Fryer Despain in 1948 and they moved to California where they raised their four children.  Barbara and Merland lived in Bakersfield for the past 37 years, until she lost her husband in 2011.  Then she moved to Houston and Denver with her youngest daughter, Erin.  In addition to her husband, she is preceded in death by her daughter, Leslie Herman.  She is survived by three children, Rex Despain, Kayla Thomas and Erin Morris, as well as 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren who loved her very much.  She will be greatly missed.  Mom, we love you and appreciate the example you set for us.