Barbara Lee Frasier
May 9, 1938 — July 12, 2009
Barbara Lee Frasier, age 71, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Community Hospital.
She was born May 9, 1938 in Benkelman to Jimmie C. and Junetta (Elliott) Clack of Stratton. At the age of 8 the family moved to Colorado. She graduated from Englewood, CO High School in 1956.
On April 19, 1958, in Sedelia, CO, she married William R. Frasier of McCook. They resided in the Denver area until 1977 when they moved to Alliance, returning to Denver in 1981. In 1988 Barb and Bill opened Willow Ridge Event Center in the foothills west of Denver, which soon became Denver's premier location for catered parties, receptions and corporate meetings with over 200 events a year, some booked 3 years ahead.
She suffered a stroke in October 1998 and another in January 1999 which caused them to sell the business a few months later and move to Bill's hometown of McCook in 2000.
She earned a Doctorate as a mother, wife, and homemaker whose culinary skills and love of entertaining made her parties special.
She was preceded in death in death by a son James, her parents, infant brother and a sister Beverly Curtis.
She is survived by her husband, Bill of McCook, two sons Robert and Daniel and daughter Amy, all of McCook; four grandsons, Cody, William, Michael and Andrew and granddaughter Kayela, all of McCook; mother-in-law Virginia Frasier of Longmont, CO; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins; and her dearest friends Chuck and Jan Campbell and Janet and Larry Rich.
Per her wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no memorial service.
Personal condolences were expressed to the family between 7:00 and 8:30 P.M., Thursday, July 16.
To honor her, those of us blessed by her life ask you to take a moment and hug a loved one.
Carpenter Breland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.