Born in Cheshire, England, she immigrated to Canada in 1952 with her husband where they resided in Burnaby for 30 yrs before retiring to New Westminster for the last 25 yrs. Predeceased by her husband of 60 yrs David Shaw Edmondson. Survived by her loving children Shelia(Eugene) Caouette, David(Carol) Edmondson and Diane (Jim) Eden, Grandchildren Arren, Melissa, Kevin and Ken and 3 great-grandchildren Christian, Joshua and Sara. Barbara was very active in the Burnaby community as a Brown Owl, president of little league baseball and with the Burnaby Heritage Society. She was a generous, loving and fun mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed. The family would like to thank the staff at RCH.