BARBARA J. BLAGBURN

 Barbara Jean Blagburn, 80, of Covet and formerly of Benton Harbor died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at her home.

 Family services will be held at a later date and cremation has taken place. Arrangements are by the Florin Funeral and Cremation Service in Fairplain. Please share messages or memories at www.florin.net.

 Barbara was born on June 5, 1945, in Sevierville, TN, to Fred and Frankie Cagle. She graduated from Benton Harbor High School in 1963 and was active in the B.H. High School Alumni Association. She married her husband, Charles Blagburn, and they enjoyed over 60 years of marriage. Barbara was Baptist in background and had attended the Faith Fellowship in Coloma.

 Barbara was in the administration at Sears for 20 years and then at the National Guard Products for over 20 years, where she retired. Barbara loved to go swimming, sewing, and playing cards. In her earlier years she enjoyed bowling and was on several different teams. She was a social and people person who loved to meet people and never met a person she did not like.

 Most importantly, Barbara loved the Lord.

 Her family includes her husband, Charles; her son, Steven (Nicole) Blagburn; two brothers, William and Michael (Martha) Hawn; two sisters, Eva (Craig) Kolski and Frieda (Daniel) Mulhern; grandchildren, Dalton, Canon, Mason, and Laney and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her son, Timothy.

 The family would like to thank Corewell Hospice.