Beloved mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2011 at home in Apple Valley at the age of 91. She was born in Nogales, Arizona in 1920 and lived with her mother and father, Mary and Charles Moody. She graduated from Nogales High School and then from nursing school in Tucson, Arizona, after which she worked as a civilian nurse before joining the Army. She served for 15 months in a MASH unit in the Korean War as a 1st Lieutenant. After returning home, she fell in love and married Fred Barnum in 1952 in Denver, Colorado. Dora and Fred lived in Arizona, Northern California, Barstow, and Calimesa before settling in Redlands in 1966 with their three children. She worked at Redlands Community Hospital as a nurse and night supervisor until she retired in 1985.
Dora was always artistic, and after retirement took up oil painting and produced many beautiful pictures which her family and friends continue to cherish. Dora and Fred bought a motor home (which they named Rosie) and took several trips across the country. In spite of Dora's allergies, she always had a soft heart for four-legged friends and kept a dog and a cat (and a box of Kleenex) near her. After Fred passed away in 2002, Dora moved into Mission Commons Retirement Apartments in Redlands, where she lived until 2009 when she moved in with her daughter and family in Apple Valley, California. In her later years, Dora enjoyed spending time with her family: Nancy and Randy Lee and their children, Corbin and Amarie; Dixie and Alan Scrivener, and their daughter Charlotte; and her son Jim Barnum.
Dora will be laid to rest next to her husband at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.
Dora was always artistic, and after retirement took up oil painting and produced many beautiful pictures which her family and friends continue to cherish. Dora and Fred bought a motor home (which they named Rosie) and took several trips across the country. In spite of Dora's allergies, she always had a soft heart for four-legged friends and kept a dog and a cat (and a box of Kleenex) near her. After Fred passed away in 2002, Dora moved into Mission Commons Retirement Apartments in Redlands, where she lived until 2009 when she moved in with her daughter and family in Apple Valley, California. In her later years, Dora enjoyed spending time with her family: Nancy and Randy Lee and their children, Corbin and Amarie; Dixie and Alan Scrivener, and their daughter Charlotte; and her son Jim Barnum.
Dora will be laid to rest next to her husband at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.
Beloved mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2011 at home in Apple Valley at the age of 91. She was born in Nogales, Arizona in 1920 and lived with her mother and father, Mary and Charles Moody. She graduated from Nogales High School and then from nursing school in Tucson, Arizona, after which she worked as a civilian nurse before joining the Army. She served for 15 months in a MASH unit in the Korean War as a 1st Lieutenant. After returning home, she fell in love and married Fred Barnum in 1952 in Denver, Colorado. Dora and Fred lived in Arizona, Northern California, Barstow, and Calimesa before settling in Redlands in 1966 with their three children. She worked at Redlands Community Hospital as a nurse and night supervisor until she retired in 1985.
Dora was always artistic, and after retirement took up oil painting and produced many beautiful pictures which her family and friends continue to cherish. Dora and Fred bought a motor home (which they named Rosie) and took several trips across the country. In spite of Dora's allergies, she always had a soft heart for four-legged friends and kept a dog and a cat (and a box of Kleenex) near her. After Fred passed away in 2002, Dora moved into Mission Commons Retirement Apartments in Redlands, where she lived until 2009 when she moved in with her daughter and family in Apple Valley, California. In her later years, Dora enjoyed spending time with her family: Nancy and Randy Lee and their children, Corbin and Amarie; Dixie and Alan Scrivener, and their daughter Charlotte; and her son Jim Barnum.
Dora will be laid to rest next to her husband at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.
Dora was always artistic, and after retirement took up oil painting and produced many beautiful pictures which her family and friends continue to cherish. Dora and Fred bought a motor home (which they named Rosie) and took several trips across the country. In spite of Dora's allergies, she always had a soft heart for four-legged friends and kept a dog and a cat (and a box of Kleenex) near her. After Fred passed away in 2002, Dora moved into Mission Commons Retirement Apartments in Redlands, where she lived until 2009 when she moved in with her daughter and family in Apple Valley, California. In her later years, Dora enjoyed spending time with her family: Nancy and Randy Lee and their children, Corbin and Amarie; Dixie and Alan Scrivener, and their daughter Charlotte; and her son Jim Barnum.
Dora will be laid to rest next to her husband at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.
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