Coping with Grief
We would like to offer our sincere support to anyone coping with grief. Enter your email below for our complimentary daily grief messages. Messages run for up to one year and you can stop at any time. Your email will not be used for any other purpose.
Barbara Ann (Adair) Colyer, 76, of Lewistown, went to her eternal home to be with her Lord and join her family and friends at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at Brookline Manor, Mifflintown.
Born Oct. 14, 1944, in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Jay William and Esther M. (Clark) Adair.
She is survived by her husband, Wade L. Colyer, whom she married May 17, 1967, one daughter, Jennifer F. Weiand and husband, Randy, of Mifflintown, two grandchildren, Kayla Weiand and Caleb Weiand, four great-grandchildren, Emmett Weiand, Landon Fohringer, Bentley Fohringer, and Rylee Fohringer, one sister, Kay Campbell of Carlisle, two brothers, James Adair and wife, Joann, of Loysville and Kenneth Adair and wife, Nancy of Chambersburg.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one grandson, Christian Weiand.
Barb graduated from Blain Union High School.
She dearly loved her family and being a wife, mother and homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with them, especially with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She grew up in the Centre Presbyterian Church of Loysville and currently was a member of Centre Union Church, Yeagertown.
Her hobbies included reading, walking, working with her flowers, doing word searches and crossword puzzles, and listening to live music at music jams.
The family is planning to hold a memorial service in the spring to celebrate Barb’s life.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Centre Union Church, 200 Greenwood Ave., Yeagertown, PA 17099.
Guss Funeral Home, Inc., 20 S. Third St., Mifflintown, has care of the arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.gussfh.com.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Barbara Ann (Adair) Colyer, please visit our floral store.
See Obituary for memorial contribution information