Barbara Despres

Barbara Despres, age 83 of Willis, Texas passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021. She was born February 19, 1938, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania to parents Harvey E. and Helen Schuster Freed who preceded her in death along with her brother, Harvey Dale Freed.

Barbara proudly served our country in the United States Air Force and had lived in the Willis area for more than 50 years. She retired as a school counselor from the Channel View ISD. Barbara raised Schnauzers, was an avid bird watcher, and master gardener. She will be greatly missed by all her knew and loved her.

Survivors include her life partner Martha A. Zinnert, her brother Robin Freed; sisters, Jane Avila and husband John, and Kathy Clayton; along with numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

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