Barbara Lou was born Sept. 14, 1936, to Ralph and Amy (Stewart) Miller in Blue Earth, Minn., where she graduated high school. Shortly after graduating she married Ronald “Red” Johnson and together they had four children. Red passed on Oct. 9, 1998. Barb was on a bowling league for over 50 years. She bowled every Wednesday night for First National Bank and then First Financial Bank. On one of those nights, she met Chuck Schaible, they soon fell in love and merged their family of seven children, marrying on Sept. 23, 2006. Together they lived out on the Schaible family farm until this past October when Barb moved into Parker Oaks. Barb was employed at Electro-Craft for many years and then went on to be a department manager at Wal-Mart until she retired. She was also a part of LWML church women, was a member of the Elmore Saddle Club for over 25 years, enjoyed barrel racing and riding the trails. In the last few years, she was a part of a three-generation bowling team, bowling with her daughter and granddaughter. She always attended the grandchildren’s activities and cheered them on at everything they did. Her and Chuck enjoyed traveling, golf, their Sunday night pizza outings and an occasional stop at the casino. She was a gentle and loving wife, mother and grandmother who was always there when needed. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Chuck; her children, Danny (Valarie) Johnson of Davis, Okla., Craig (Barb) Johnson of Winnebago, Rick (Jo) Johnson of Winnebago, Rhonda Johnson of Winnebago, William (Karen) Schaible of Delavan, Tom Schaible of Rochester, Diane (Jeff) Bell of Blue Earth; grandchildren, Todd, Jennifer, Matt, Kateri, Kylie, Josh, Jared, Andrew, Mathew, Justin, Corey and Kyle; brother, Ronald “Skip” (Janet) Miller; sister-in-law, Bonnie Miller; as well as many great-grandchildren, extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, “Red”; brother, Bill Miller; sister, Marilyn Krosch; and two grandsons, Josh Johnson and Kevin Johnson.

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