Barbara J. (Lyvers) Rich

Barbara (Barb) Jean (Lyvers) Rich, of Phoenix, AZ, died on January 21, 2004 at the age of 69. She was born on March 12, 1934 in South Bend, IN to the late Edward Lawrence and Stella Mae (Clary) Lyvers.

She graduated from Riley High School in South Bend, IN in 1952.

On August 31, 1957 she married her current husband in St. Joseph Catholic Church, South Bend, IN. She came with her husband to Phoenix in 1959. She was active in a business - JC Printing/Jiffy Copy, Inc., which she still was a part owner (along with her husband and son, Tom), at the time of her death. Barb spent many years active in volunteer organizations, primarily the Phoedalian Women's Club, The Visiting Nurse Auxiliary, Our Lady of Assumption Sodality of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, and Arizona Pop Warner Football.  For more than 30 years, Barb operated her own business B-J Secretarial Services.

Her husband of 46 years, Daniel Thomas, also originally from South Bend, IN survives, along with sons Ronald J. (Dena), Paul E. (Sharon) and Thomas J. (Kris), two grandchildren, and one great-grandson, all of Phoenix. Also surviving are sisters Mary Ruth Seago of South Bend, IN, Phyllis (Lou) Toth of Mishawaka, IN, Dorothy Lind of Cleveland, Ohio and a sister-in-law Lois Livers of Franklin, IN.

Her brother, Martin Livers, preceded her in death.

Arrangements were handled by Whitney & Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home of Phoenix, with interment at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ. Private services have been held. A private Memorial Mass will be held at a later date at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Phoenix, AZ. Family suggests donations to The Holy Cross Association, P.O. Box K, Notre Dame, IN 46556, Attn: Fr. Herb Yost, or St. Mary's Food Bank of Phoenix, AZ.

Published by The Arizona Republic on Jan. 25, 2004.

06/17/2023 EJS

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