Barbara Allyn Mcminn

Barbara Allyn McMinn, 79, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away Monday, October 24, 2011, at her daughter, Amy's home in Shawnee, Kansas, after a brief battle with leukemia.

Barbara was born July 11, 1932, in Maher, Colorado, to the late Ted and Dorothy Allyn. She moved to Albuquerque area to attend the Universityof New Mexico. She received a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts in 1953. Shortly after graduating from college she married Dr. Jo McMinn in Crawford, Colorado. He preceded her in death after 52 years of marriage on April 28, 2005.

Barbara was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, as well a member of the Junior League of Albuquerque and the Garden Club of Albuquerque. She enjoyed playing Bridge with other Kappa alum and was an avid skier and tennis player.

Barbara was also preceded in death by her brother Ned Allyn.

She is survived by her three children, Christine Snyder and husband Steve, Jo McMinn and wife Susie, and Amy McMinn; two sisters, Sally Skeels, and Betty Jane Hunt; and four grandchildren Schuyler, Ben, Ian and Jenna.

Cremation is planned with a memorial service at a later date in Albuquerque.