A private memorial service will be held later by the family for Deborah Diana Barber, 65, of Chickasha.
Deborah Diana (Goldsmith) Barber was born in Corcoran, California to Wayne Franklin Goldsmith and Dolly Evelyn (McCloud) Goldsmith. She passed from this life on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at her home in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Deborah lived most of her life in California, graduating from Corcoran High School in 1974. After high school, she worked at Sprouce-Reitz in Visalia, California for a time.
Then in 1982, she had her first-born son, Kevin Jon Michael Hanlon and shortly after that she moved back to her hometown of Corcoran and met her current husband, Steven Miles Barber. On August 16, 1987, they were married in Reno, Nevada and had three daughters Stephanie in 1987, Casey in 1988 and the baby Diana in 1990.
Deborah was a stay-at-home mom and spent her time raising her children with great care. In 1999, they moved from California and lived in Oklahoma until 2006 when they moved back to Northern California. She lived there until 2017 then moved back to Oklahoma, where she spent the rest of life.
She loved going to the casino and enjoyed relaxing, spending time with her grandchildren and doing things for them. They were her pride and joy.
She was preceded in death by her father Wayne Franklin Goldsmith, brother Johnny Dewayne Goldsmith and sister Evelyn Annette Smith.
Survivors include her mother Dolly Evelyn Goldsmith of Chickasha; husband Steven Miles Barber of Moore; son Kevin Jon Michael Hanlon of Chickasha; daughters Stephanie Kester and husband Kevin of Chickasha, Casey Annette Barber and spouse Derek Craft of Placerville, California, and Diana Kay Barber and spouse Domingo Gutierrez of Chickasha; grandchildren Melissa Haunpo, Amiyah Haunpo, Kruze Kester, Kayzley Kester, Candyce Craft, Tucker Craft, and Alexis Gutierrez; sisters Sybill Nichols of Amber and Linda Kay Stone of Rock Hill, South Carolina; brother Robert Franklin Goldsmith of Chickasha; and other extended family and friends.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.