Barbara Ann Bottolfson was born on October 24, 1952 in Amery, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Obby and Marjorie (Krumm) Berget. She was Baptized and Confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church near Wanderoos. Barb graduated from Amery High School in 1971. On May 19, 1972 she was united in marriage to Don Bottolfson at Trinity Lutheran Church. She spent most of her life here except for a short time in Arizona. She worked at New Richmond Industries for a number of years and also spent time working for two insurance agencies. The one thing she enjoyed the most was doing Grandma Day Care for all of her grandchildren. She was a huge supporter of all the things they did from sports to school activities. She also watched college and professional sports as well as Nascar. If the game wasn't going well she just turned it off or turned the channel. She was an avid gardener and canned much of the produce she had from the garden. Barb was the recipe lady; she has many cookbooks, watched cooking shows and picked up recipes wherever one was available. Barb passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 after a brief, but strong fight with cancer at the age of 66 surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Barb was preceded in death by her parents, sons: Chad and Jeremy; father-in-law Howard Bottolfson and sister-in-law Dawn Bottolfson. Surviving family members include her husband Don; daughter Cheri (Jeremy) Sarsland; son: Jason (Kallie) Bottolfson; sisters: Julie Frost, Pat Ellefson(Jim), Lisa MacDonald (Rod), and Jacki Marlett (Kevin); brother Steve (Patty) Berget; 9 grandchildren: Emma, Hannah, Ethan, Chad, Jorja, Presley, Noah, Abbie and Abel; mother-in-law Gloria Bottolfson; sister-in-law Becky Larson; brothers-in-law Wayne Bottolfson and Brian (Sue Ann) Bottolfson; her bonus daughter Cami Ajer; special Aunt and Uncle Joan and Bub Maxon as well as many nieces nephews and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. from Trinity Lutheran Church near Wanderoos. There will be visitation at the Williamson-White Funeral Home on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. and for the hour prior to service at church. Burial will be at the West Immanuel Cemetery.