Barbara Moffitt

Barbara A. Moffitt, age 59 of Sauk Centre, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at St. Michael's Hospital in Sauk Centre.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre. Rev. Rebecca Thomas will officiate with interment following in Greenwood Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the Church.

Barbara Moffitt was born on August 11, 1948 in Melrose, Minnesota to Edwin and Clara (Harmeling) Proell. On April 9, 1990 she married Gerald "Jerry" Moffitt in Sisseton, South Dakota.Barb was a member of First Lutheran Church of Sauk Centre. After retiring from the Amoco Terminal, she enjoyed working at Getty Street. She also enjoyed the Saturday morning card games at St. Michael's Nursing Home, ice fishing, reading and watching high school basketball, the Twins and the Vikings.

She is survived by her husband Jerry E. Moffitt; son, Daryl (Jill Hellquist) Schmeisser of Sauk Centre; step-children, Jerry (Jennifer) Moffitt of Des Moines, Iowa, Michelle (Jeff) Johnson of Sherburn, Jodi (Mark) Broesder of Bert, Iowa, Michael (Deb) Moffitt of Ringstead, Iowa and Jeff Moffitt of Ringstead, Iowa; 18 grandchildren; sister, Carolyn (Larry) Steffens of Long Praire; brothers, Michael (Long) Proell of Lacey, Washington, Jim (Shelly) Proell of Sauk Centre and Edwin Proell of St. Cloud.

She was preceded in death by daughter Julie Schmeisser in 1969; parents, Edwin and Clara Proell; and three infant brothers.Serving as casket bearers will be Tom Otte, Kevin Dirkes, Scott Drobny, Keith Karnes, Jerry A. Moffitt and Michael Moffitt.

In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred.