Barbara Giddings

Barbara Giddings passed away on February 27, 2022, she was a long-time resident of the area.  She moved to LaGrange in the early fifties, Hinsdale in the sixties, and Willowbrook in the nineties. Then, spent her final years at Beacon Hill in Lombard, Illinois. She was always involved in the surrounding community while raising her three boys!  She was an active member of the Hinsdale United Methodist Church, P.E.O. sisterhood, Kappa Alpha Theta alumni chapter, and Hinsdale Center for the Arts.  Barbara always got involved.  While raising her boys she worked hard for all their swim teams. She was on various committees at her church. She helped her husband and others with the fundraising of the Hinsdale center for the arts. She was president of her condo building and recently had added Wing leader and the Food Committee at Beacon Hill to her portfolio. She was never on a committee she didn’t like!

    Her greatest joy in life was being a mother, grandmother, and true friend. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur and her two sons Thomas and James.  She is survived by her son Robert (Mary), Daughters-in-law Jill Giddings and Barbara Giddings, and her grandchildren, Paul, Audrey, Kathryn, and Ben Giddings.  

Memorials may be given to the Copper Cross Fund at the Hinsdale United Methodist Church.  

A funeral service will be held at 1:30pm on Friday, March 11, 2022 at Hinsdale United Methodist Church, 945 S Garfield St. Hinsdale, IL 60521    

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