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Frances Geneva Heine Barger
25 Dec 1931 – 16 May 2021
| Birth | 25 Dec 1931 |
| Death | 16 May 2021 |
| Cemetery | Waco Memorial Park Robinson , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Dee Winter on 17 May 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227255333 |
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Frances Barger Friday, December 25th, 1931 - Sunday, May 16th, 2021 Frances Geneva Heine Barger, 89, of Waco died May 16, 2021, at a local nursing center. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 24, 2021, at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Bob Rainey officiating. Frances was born December 25, 1931, to Frederick and Katherine Mueller Heine in Axtell, Texas. Frances was the youngest of 12 children and was a graduate of La Vega High School, where she was a member of the girls' basketball team. Frances lived in Alaska for a period of time, where she met and married Thomas "Tom" Lee Barger. The couple lived in Ohio, North Carolina, and Oklahoma before settling in Waco and raising their family. Frances enjoyed square dancing and singing in the choir at Central United Methodist Church. She retired from American Income Life Insurance Company after 22 years of service. Frances was preceded in death by her parents, former husband (Tom), eight sisters (Dorothy "Dora" Pate, Alvine Beheler, Agnes Landfried, Bertha Ellis, Anna Wedemeyer, Hattie Beheler, Marguerite Stephens, and Juanita Carter), 3 brothers (Arthur Heine, Marvin Heine, and Karl Heine), son (Thomas "Tom" Lee Barger II), and great-grandson (Jett Williams). Frances's legacy of joyful living, loving, caring, and serving continues through those who survive her including son, Karl Barger and his wife, Karen Barger, of Flower Mound, Texas; her daughter, Sue Sowder, and her husband, Bob Sowder, of Hewitt, Texas; and daughter-in-law, Jan Barger, of Waco, Texas. Frances is also survived by 7 grandchildren (Zachary Barger, Hannah Barger, Grayson Barger, Melody Sowder, Jacob Sowder, Jennifer Williams, and her husband, Harold Williams, and Jonathan Barger), great-grandson (West Williams), and many nieces & nephews. The family would like to thank the staff of Regent Care at Woodway and Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Hospice. Oakcrest Funeral Home, Waco, Texas
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- Dorothy Bertha "Dora" Heine GLENN Tracy Pate 1910–2004
- Alvine Gertrude Heine Beheler 1911–2009
- Arthur E Heine 1913–2005
- Agnes Emilie Heine Landfried 1915–1990
- Bertha K. Heine Ellis 1917–2013
- Marvin Julius Heine 1919–1964
- Anna Emma Heine Wedemeyer 1920–1948
- Hattie Elsie Heine Beheler 1922–2014
- Marguerite Charlotte Heine Stephens 1924–2007
- Karl J Heine 1926–2010
- Juanita Rosina Heine Carter 1929–2016
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