Barbara Roberta (Hodgins) Carpenter passed away January, 24, 2022. Her services were held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 4550 Lone Oak Road SE, Salem, Oregon at 12pm on February 5th.
Barbara was born to Robert Maurice Hodgins and Hulda Lial (Fox) Hodgins on January 16, 1940, in La Grande Oregon. She resided in La Grande and Salem, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska; Yerington, Nevada; and Cleveland, Ohio.
In her youth, Barbara was very involved and very talented in music. She took piano lessons for six years and played the organ for Primary in her ward. In Junior High, she learned to play the violin, flute, piccolo, and bass viola, and was in band, and orchestra, and a dance band. Later, she learned to play the accordion.
She attended J.H. Ackerman grade school, La Grande Junior High School, and La Grande High School, from which she graduated. She attended a year at Eastern Oregon State College. Barbara's teachers all had high praises for her skills and wonderful personality.
Barbara was very passionate and loved everything and everyone. She cared for her animals like family and often could even be found nurturing strays and even bugs. She also loved to travel, visiting many U.S. states and destinations like England, France, Italy, Peru, and Canada.
She and her sister Sharon were always the best of friends and looked out for each other. When they were young, they even wore their hair in the same style. Barbara was known to spend more time making sure every hair was in place. She was always very stylish and immaculate in her style.
For the summer of 1959, she was offered a job at the Oregon State Department of Motor vehicles (DMV) main office, in Salem, as a key punch operator. In the fall, Barbara decided to stay on at the DMV instead of returning to school. It was in Salem that she met the love of her life, Ernie Carpenter. They dated, fell in love, and then married the next year, November 19, 1960 in La Grande, Oregon. Ernie and Barbara had been married 61 years when she passed.
In 1966, she was overjoyed with the blessing of her daughter, Tiffany (Gwinn). Barbara always spoke highly of her daughter. Love showed in her eyes whenever she reported on Tiffany's achievements and accomplishments. Tiffany had four children, Ernie, Morgan, Paige, and Victoria, and five great-grandchildren. Barbara loved them all tremendously.
To Barbara, her family was of the utmost importance. She was very close with all her relatives, and family gatherings and time spent together meant a lot to her. She treated everyone with the same love, kindness and gratitude.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Hulda (Fox) Goold, father Robert Hodgins, sister Carla who passed away shortly after birth, mother-in-law Marie (McCombs) Davis and father-in-law Ernest Carpenter.
She was survived by her husband Ernie Lee Carpenter; daughter Tiffany and her husband Rod Gwinn; her grandchildren Ernie Lucas, Morgan Lucas, Paige Lucas, and Victoria Gwinn; her great grandchildren Chesney Coleman, Gavin Brown, Grace Lucas, Artemis Gwinn-Burnett, and Fallon Gwinn-Burnett; her sister Sharon (Hodgins) and her husband Russell Lester; and several other extended family members.
Barbara was born to Robert Maurice Hodgins and Hulda Lial (Fox) Hodgins on January 16, 1940, in La Grande Oregon. She resided in La Grande and Salem, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska; Yerington, Nevada; and Cleveland, Ohio.
In her youth, Barbara was very involved and very talented in music. She took piano lessons for six years and played the organ for Primary in her ward. In Junior High, she learned to play the violin, flute, piccolo, and bass viola, and was in band, and orchestra, and a dance band. Later, she learned to play the accordion.
She attended J.H. Ackerman grade school, La Grande Junior High School, and La Grande High School, from which she graduated. She attended a year at Eastern Oregon State College. Barbara's teachers all had high praises for her skills and wonderful personality.
Barbara was very passionate and loved everything and everyone. She cared for her animals like family and often could even be found nurturing strays and even bugs. She also loved to travel, visiting many U.S. states and destinations like England, France, Italy, Peru, and Canada.
She and her sister Sharon were always the best of friends and looked out for each other. When they were young, they even wore their hair in the same style. Barbara was known to spend more time making sure every hair was in place. She was always very stylish and immaculate in her style.
For the summer of 1959, she was offered a job at the Oregon State Department of Motor vehicles (DMV) main office, in Salem, as a key punch operator. In the fall, Barbara decided to stay on at the DMV instead of returning to school. It was in Salem that she met the love of her life, Ernie Carpenter. They dated, fell in love, and then married the next year, November 19, 1960 in La Grande, Oregon. Ernie and Barbara had been married 61 years when she passed.
In 1966, she was overjoyed with the blessing of her daughter, Tiffany (Gwinn). Barbara always spoke highly of her daughter. Love showed in her eyes whenever she reported on Tiffany's achievements and accomplishments. Tiffany had four children, Ernie, Morgan, Paige, and Victoria, and five great-grandchildren. Barbara loved them all tremendously.
To Barbara, her family was of the utmost importance. She was very close with all her relatives, and family gatherings and time spent together meant a lot to her. She treated everyone with the same love, kindness and gratitude.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Hulda (Fox) Goold, father Robert Hodgins, sister Carla who passed away shortly after birth, mother-in-law Marie (McCombs) Davis and father-in-law Ernest Carpenter.
She was survived by her husband Ernie Lee Carpenter; daughter Tiffany and her husband Rod Gwinn; her grandchildren Ernie Lucas, Morgan Lucas, Paige Lucas, and Victoria Gwinn; her great grandchildren Chesney Coleman, Gavin Brown, Grace Lucas, Artemis Gwinn-Burnett, and Fallon Gwinn-Burnett; her sister Sharon (Hodgins) and her husband Russell Lester; and several other extended family members.
Barbara Roberta (Hodgins) Carpenter passed away January, 24, 2022. Her services were held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 4550 Lone Oak Road SE, Salem, Oregon at 12pm on February 5th.
Barbara was born to Robert Maurice Hodgins and Hulda Lial (Fox) Hodgins on January 16, 1940, in La Grande Oregon. She resided in La Grande and Salem, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska; Yerington, Nevada; and Cleveland, Ohio.
In her youth, Barbara was very involved and very talented in music. She took piano lessons for six years and played the organ for Primary in her ward. In Junior High, she learned to play the violin, flute, piccolo, and bass viola, and was in band, and orchestra, and a dance band. Later, she learned to play the accordion.
She attended J.H. Ackerman grade school, La Grande Junior High School, and La Grande High School, from which she graduated. She attended a year at Eastern Oregon State College. Barbara's teachers all had high praises for her skills and wonderful personality.
Barbara was very passionate and loved everything and everyone. She cared for her animals like family and often could even be found nurturing strays and even bugs. She also loved to travel, visiting many U.S. states and destinations like England, France, Italy, Peru, and Canada.
She and her sister Sharon were always the best of friends and looked out for each other. When they were young, they even wore their hair in the same style. Barbara was known to spend more time making sure every hair was in place. She was always very stylish and immaculate in her style.
For the summer of 1959, she was offered a job at the Oregon State Department of Motor vehicles (DMV) main office, in Salem, as a key punch operator. In the fall, Barbara decided to stay on at the DMV instead of returning to school. It was in Salem that she met the love of her life, Ernie Carpenter. They dated, fell in love, and then married the next year, November 19, 1960 in La Grande, Oregon. Ernie and Barbara had been married 61 years when she passed.
In 1966, she was overjoyed with the blessing of her daughter, Tiffany (Gwinn). Barbara always spoke highly of her daughter. Love showed in her eyes whenever she reported on Tiffany's achievements and accomplishments. Tiffany had four children, Ernie, Morgan, Paige, and Victoria, and five great-grandchildren. Barbara loved them all tremendously.
To Barbara, her family was of the utmost importance. She was very close with all her relatives, and family gatherings and time spent together meant a lot to her. She treated everyone with the same love, kindness and gratitude.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Hulda (Fox) Goold, father Robert Hodgins, sister Carla who passed away shortly after birth, mother-in-law Marie (McCombs) Davis and father-in-law Ernest Carpenter.
She was survived by her husband Ernie Lee Carpenter; daughter Tiffany and her husband Rod Gwinn; her grandchildren Ernie Lucas, Morgan Lucas, Paige Lucas, and Victoria Gwinn; her great grandchildren Chesney Coleman, Gavin Brown, Grace Lucas, Artemis Gwinn-Burnett, and Fallon Gwinn-Burnett; her sister Sharon (Hodgins) and her husband Russell Lester; and several other extended family members.
Barbara was born to Robert Maurice Hodgins and Hulda Lial (Fox) Hodgins on January 16, 1940, in La Grande Oregon. She resided in La Grande and Salem, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska; Yerington, Nevada; and Cleveland, Ohio.
In her youth, Barbara was very involved and very talented in music. She took piano lessons for six years and played the organ for Primary in her ward. In Junior High, she learned to play the violin, flute, piccolo, and bass viola, and was in band, and orchestra, and a dance band. Later, she learned to play the accordion.
She attended J.H. Ackerman grade school, La Grande Junior High School, and La Grande High School, from which she graduated. She attended a year at Eastern Oregon State College. Barbara's teachers all had high praises for her skills and wonderful personality.
Barbara was very passionate and loved everything and everyone. She cared for her animals like family and often could even be found nurturing strays and even bugs. She also loved to travel, visiting many U.S. states and destinations like England, France, Italy, Peru, and Canada.
She and her sister Sharon were always the best of friends and looked out for each other. When they were young, they even wore their hair in the same style. Barbara was known to spend more time making sure every hair was in place. She was always very stylish and immaculate in her style.
For the summer of 1959, she was offered a job at the Oregon State Department of Motor vehicles (DMV) main office, in Salem, as a key punch operator. In the fall, Barbara decided to stay on at the DMV instead of returning to school. It was in Salem that she met the love of her life, Ernie Carpenter. They dated, fell in love, and then married the next year, November 19, 1960 in La Grande, Oregon. Ernie and Barbara had been married 61 years when she passed.
In 1966, she was overjoyed with the blessing of her daughter, Tiffany (Gwinn). Barbara always spoke highly of her daughter. Love showed in her eyes whenever she reported on Tiffany's achievements and accomplishments. Tiffany had four children, Ernie, Morgan, Paige, and Victoria, and five great-grandchildren. Barbara loved them all tremendously.
To Barbara, her family was of the utmost importance. She was very close with all her relatives, and family gatherings and time spent together meant a lot to her. She treated everyone with the same love, kindness and gratitude.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Hulda (Fox) Goold, father Robert Hodgins, sister Carla who passed away shortly after birth, mother-in-law Marie (McCombs) Davis and father-in-law Ernest Carpenter.
She was survived by her husband Ernie Lee Carpenter; daughter Tiffany and her husband Rod Gwinn; her grandchildren Ernie Lucas, Morgan Lucas, Paige Lucas, and Victoria Gwinn; her great grandchildren Chesney Coleman, Gavin Brown, Grace Lucas, Artemis Gwinn-Burnett, and Fallon Gwinn-Burnett; her sister Sharon (Hodgins) and her husband Russell Lester; and several other extended family members.
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In addition to the memorial plate, the crypt has a tile with Ernie and Barbara's wedding picture.
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