Barbara Jean VanAlstine Schow, 86

Barbara Jean VanAlstine Schow passed away on Super Bowl Monday, 2020, peacefully and knowing she was loved throughout her lifetime by her family, past and present. She spent the last of her years in Anoka, Minnesota, closest to the loving care of her youngest daughter, Luci Lynn and granddaughter Cinnamon Huyck-Kelley. Barb is survived by her five children, Vickie, Duff, Wendy, Scott and Luci.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Mark Schow.

Barb was born in Lubbock, Texas, on Oct. 14, 1933, to Elsie Scott, and was a master at motherhood. Mom learned many valuable and useful traits from her mother, including sewing, cooking, creating decorations like none others to be found. Barb last worked at Costco in February 2014, and moved to Anoka in May 2014, where she passed.

Mom wished to be cremated and have her cremains in Glacier Park and Lake Blaine. Barb requested to not have any type of service or memorial or celebration. Therefore, Luci and her siblings will grant Barb’s wishes in private.