Barbara M. Stuart

Barbara M. Stuart, 85, of Bourbonnais, formerly of Manteno, passed away Saturday (Oct. 5, 2013) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Brown Funeral Home in Manteno. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Manteno, where she was a member. Pastor Chrystal Abbott will officiate. Burial will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family wishes. She enjoyed quilting, cross stitch, knitting and golfing. Mrs. Stuart was a homemaker. She was born May 18, 1928, in Manteno, the daughter of Carl P. and Edna M. Bettenhausen Weber. Surviving are her husband, Harold Stuart, of Bourbonnais, whom she married May 1, 1949, in Manteno; one son and daughter-in-law, William "Bill" and Marilyn Stuart, of Long Beach, Calif.; two daughters and one son-in-law, Deborah Johnston, and Paula and Stan Williams, all of Bourbonnais; four grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; one sister, Claretta Bass, of Bourbonnais; and one brother, Carlyle Weber, of Manteno. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother-in-law, James Bass; and one sister-in-law, Louise Weber.