Barbara Jean (Brown) Abrams
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Albert "Al" Abrams
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Eagle Valley Enterprise - January 23, 1997
Barbara Jean Abrams, a long-time resident and Eagle County high school teacher, died at her home Jan. 7. She was 50 years old.
Barbara was born July 22, 1946 in Mankato, Minn. to Robert Brown and Eunice Knapp Brown and spent most of her childhood in Colorado Springs. She graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins and received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
She taught mathematics at Battle Mountain High School for 26 years and retired in 1996. She was named Colorado Outstanding Mathematics Instructor through the Colorado Council of Mathematics, in which she was also a member. She was also a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Delta Kappa Gamma Professional Women's Sorority.
Barbara's goals in life were for her and her husband Al Abrams to live on a ranch in Eagle. She and Al obtained that goal and it brought much happiness to their life as well as their children's.
She is survived by her parents, Eunice Brown of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Robert (Yolanda) Brown of San Francisco, Calif.; three sons, Steven Osterfoss and wife Mary, of Sioux Falls, S.D., Michael Osterfoss of Spartenburg, S.C., William Osterfoss of Gypsum; and a daughter, Dawn Hill of Fort Collins, Colo., also two grandchildren, Nicholas Osterfoss of South Carolina and Jessica Osterfoss of Gypsum; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eagle.
The funeral was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Cremation followed. Farnum-Holt Funeral was in charge of arrangements.
