Barbara Schone
October 13, 1940 - April 06, 2007
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Barbara Schone
October 13, 1940 - April 06, 2007
Obituary
Barbara Jean Schone, age 66, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully on April 06, 2007 Good Friday at her home in Mission Viejo, California after a courageous three year battle with ovarian cancer. She was a twenty-five year survivor of breast cancer.
Barbara was born on October 13, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas, one of four children to parents John and Anna Fabac. She attended Wyandotte High School and Kansas City, Kansas Junior College. She married her ‘high school sweetheart,’ Don Schone, on May 27, 1961 and together they moved to Downey, California. Barbara was part of Downey North American Aviation during the first moon landing. In 1970 they moved to the planned community of Mission Viejo, California with their two sons, Scott and Steve. She worked for Mission Viejo Company MVC, Public Relations-Community Development, from 1971 until her retirement in 1997.
Barbara devoted much of her retired life to volunteer work and historical MVC alumni projects within the community. On February 5, 2007, she was honored with the televised ‘Community of Character Award’ by the Mission Viejo City Council. Her close family and many MVC friends attended.
Barbara is survived by her husband, Don; sons, Scott wife Kathleen and Steve; grandchildren Andrew and Annaka; brothers, Bill and John Fabac of Kansas City, Kansas; sister, JoAnn Fabac DaSilva of Las Vegas, Nevada; sister-in-law Alice Schone Adams of Athol, ID; brother-in-law, Hugh Schone of Garden Grove, California and a nephew and four nieces in California, Kansas and Idaho.
Funeral Mass and services will be held Friday, April 13, 2007 at 10:30am at St. Kilian Catholic Church in Mission Viejo, followed by a luncheon reception to celebrate Barbara’s life at the Mission Viejo Country Club and then burial ceremony at Ascension Catholic Cemetery in Lake Forest, California.
Barbara Fabac Schone’s special qualities of kindness, consideration and devotion to family and friends will be dearly missed. She will be forever in our hearts.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
167 responses to Barbara Schone
;Ray Short says:
April 8, 2007
Dear Don,
I will forever look at the empty seat at the movies and remember your beautiful Barbara my friend and our sweetheart.
Arthur R McGurn says:
April 8, 2007
Dear Don,
So sorry to hear of your loss. We only just opened your email on the weekend as usually email is checked only on week days.
We think highly of Barbara. She was lovely, gracious, and very kind.
Condolences to your family.
Best Wishes,
Arthur and Maria
—
Prof. Arthur R. McGurn CPhys FInstP Department of Physics
Western Michigan University
Bob Clyde says:
April 8, 2007
Don, I am so very sorry for the loss to you and your family. You have my sincere condolences and sincere best wishes.
Bob Tietze says:
April 8, 2007
Don..my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this very difficult time. I have great memories of the class of “58” Barb was certainly one of outstanding memebrs of our class.
Brian & Linda Sisney says:
April 8, 2007
Dear Family, We share in your sadness. We remember with joy and gladness the times that Barb filled the room with her presence of first class charasmatic joy, beaming smile and the “I will not give up my living even though my diagnosis about my health is not as good as I would like”attitude.
We will not forget! BD&LKS