Barbara graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1964, the recipient of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution Award). She graduated with honors from Bucknell University in 1968, where she met her future husband Eliseo Enrique Brizuela, and her masters at North Carolina University in 1970. She taught English in Caracas, Venezuela and in Quito, Ecuador. She later became Deputy Head of Northlands School System in Buenos Aires. In 2003, Barbara opened Westlatke Charter School in Westlake, Texas and was a pioneer of the International Baccalaureate program in the U.S.
The Legacy of Women Award in Tarrant County, Texas was presented to Barbara for her impact in Arts, Business, Education, Health & Human Services and Volunteerism. She was predeceased by her father Robert D. Lilly and mother Virginia Lee Creveling Lilly.
She is survived by husband Eliseo Brizuela of Buenos Aires, daughter Barbara Maria and spouse Sebatian, grand-daughters Azul and Sophia in Boston, Mass., daughter Natalia and spouse Bianca of Berkely, Cal. and daughter Vanessa of Buenos Aires, brother Robert D. Lilly, Jr. and wife Michele of Phillipsburg, N.J.
Barbara was cremated at the Municipal Cemetary of San Martin in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A memorial service in the U.S. will be held at a time and place to be determined.
Published in The Express Times from Apr. 17 to Apr. 18, 2015
Barbara graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1964, the recipient of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution Award). She graduated with honors from Bucknell University in 1968, where she met her future husband Eliseo Enrique Brizuela, and her masters at North Carolina University in 1970. She taught English in Caracas, Venezuela and in Quito, Ecuador. She later became Deputy Head of Northlands School System in Buenos Aires. In 2003, Barbara opened Westlatke Charter School in Westlake, Texas and was a pioneer of the International Baccalaureate program in the U.S.
The Legacy of Women Award in Tarrant County, Texas was presented to Barbara for her impact in Arts, Business, Education, Health & Human Services and Volunteerism. She was predeceased by her father Robert D. Lilly and mother Virginia Lee Creveling Lilly.
She is survived by husband Eliseo Brizuela of Buenos Aires, daughter Barbara Maria and spouse Sebatian, grand-daughters Azul and Sophia in Boston, Mass., daughter Natalia and spouse Bianca of Berkely, Cal. and daughter Vanessa of Buenos Aires, brother Robert D. Lilly, Jr. and wife Michele of Phillipsburg, N.J.
Barbara was cremated at the Municipal Cemetary of San Martin in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A memorial service in the U.S. will be held at a time and place to be determined.
Published in The Express Times from Apr. 17 to Apr. 18, 2015
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