Barbara F. Janssen, 89 of Scottsdale Arizona formerly of Buckley, Illinois passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 6, 2020 at Baier Family Funeral Services, 406 E Pells Street, Paxton with Rev. John Hauck officiating. Burial will follow in Glen Cemetery, Paxton.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. at the funeral home.

Barbara F. Janssen was born to Walter and Grace Bothwell Redenius on February 10, 1930. She attended Paxton Grade and High Schools. After graduation she was employed by the Ford County Abstract Company of Paxton and Later Fred W. Willis, CPA. She married Harold L. Janssen of Buckley, IL on August 18, 1951 in a garden wedding. They moved to a farm in the Buckley area. She was then employed by Ford-Baier Furniture and Funeral Homes as bookkeeper for eighteen years and was the owner of Barbara's Draperies for twenty years after that. She retired with her husband in 1988 and moved to Sedona, Az.

She was active in the Methodist Church of Paxton, Buckley and Sedona. She bowled on a league in Paxton for 15 years and was active in the Shagbark Ladies Golf League of Onarga, IL for 12 years. She was a charter member and past President of the Paxton Business and Professional Women's Club of Paxton. She is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Paxton and associate member of The Fountains Methodist Church of Fountain Hills, AZ. After her husband passed in 1996, she moved to Fountain Hills, AZ in March 1999 and then to Scottsdale in 2005.

Barbara enjoyed hosting company, baking (especially pies), crocheting, Prisma colored pencil drawing, working with her computer and playing the piano.

She was preceded in death by her husband and parents. She is survived by cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Paxton. Condolences may be offered at www.baierfuneralservices.com.