Barbara Bereit Obituary

Bereit
BARBARA "BARB" LYNNE BEREIT
September 15, 1951 May 18, 2021
Barbara Lynne Bereit, 69, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, passed away May 18, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital.
She was born September 15, 1951 to Anna and Dick Himebaugh in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Barbara attended Maryvale High School in Phoenix, Arizona and graduated in 1969. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland, while she attended the Army's Walter Reed Institute of Nursing. Subsequently, she earned a Master of Science degree in Counseling from the University of Oklahoma. She worked her entire adult life as a nurse in many and varied roles. She worked in intensive care, school nursing, home health, and her last fifteen years she served as a psychiatric care nurse at Northern Arizona University and at the University of Utah.
Barbara's greatest love was for her family. As a military spouse, she traveled the world with her husband. Her children were born in England, two in Germany, and one in Colorado Springs. She organized the family and guided their moving seventeen times in thirty years.
She was an active and deeply committed Christian. Barbara led Bible studies and discipled women throughout her entire life. She loved to run, ski, and garden. She served and loved her family; she helped hundreds of patients heal from physical and psychological sickness; she made friends of everyone she met. Her friendship and joy of life were a gift to everyone who knew her. She is now hearing from her Savior, "Well done, you good and faithful servant." As Solomon wrote - "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."
Barbara is preceded in death by her father, Dick Himebaugh; her mother, Anna Himebaugh; and her older sister, Sandy Himebaugh.
She is survived by her husband, Colonel Rick Bereit, USAF, (Ret.); her children, Derek Bereit, Kristine Stark, Rebekah Guzman, and Kathleen Crawford; and sister, Carol Himebaugh. Additionally, she was grandmother to eight beautiful grandchildren.
Memorial contributions in Barbara's memory can be made to The Barbara Bereit Memorial Scholarship Fund at PPCC Foundation, 5676 South Academy Boulevard C-68, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 or online at: https://www.ppcc.edu/foundation/how-give.
The family wishes to express enduring thanks to the Navigator staff who helped prepare Barbara for many productive years of service to others.
Funeral Service, 9:00AM, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, Vista Grande Baptist Church, 5680 Stetson Hills Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917.
Graveside Service, 11:00AM, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, Colorado 80841.
Reception to immediately follow Graveside Service, Falcon Club, 3120 Academy Drive, Air Force Academy, Colorado 80840.