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Barbara Annette Riggs Collier Nowlin, 99, passed away December 19, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM. She was born in Utica, NY in 1911. She was raised by her adoptive parents, Dr. James S. Riggs and Isabel Tilden Riggs in NY where she spent her youth. Barbara was a high school graduate of Barrington School in Great Barrington, MA. At 19 while on a sight-seeing trip to NM she met and married her trail guide, Louis H. Collier who was also a NM cowboy and rancher. They moved to the homesteaded Collier Ranch in Sandoval County where they built a home and resided until 1937 when they moved to Albuquerque's North Valley so their three daughters could attend school. She lost her beloved husband to cancer in 1961. She married J Q Nowlin in 1965 and in 1966 moved to Elephant Butte, NM where they lived until his death in 1977. Barbara then returned to Albuquerque where she lived until her passing. She was a woman of many interests. Her hobbies included woodworking, landscape painting and writing poetry. She was an avid reader and loved to fish. Her abiding faith in Christ was expressed through the years by playing piano for the churches she attended, singing in both a gospel trio and quartet in the 1940's, and holding Bible studies in her home. She was preceded in death by both husbands; two daughters, Annette Collier and Isabel Carr; and her brother Charles Sheffer. She is survived by daughter Louise Wedemeyer; grandchildren Connie Crouse and husband David, Brenda Pentecost, William L. Wedemeyer and wife Debbi, Robert Carr and wife Sandi, Kathy Reese and husband Jim; great-grandchildren Nathan Crouse, Stacey Crouse Wasserott and husband Aaron, William M. Wedemeyer and wife Christy, Kimberly Hill and husband Dan, Audra Iversen, Aaron Wedemeyer, Jennifer Hardy and husband Tony, Christopher Carr, Wes Hedlund and wife Anastasia, Christal Barclay and husband Drostan; 11 great-great-grandchildren; and her sister Luella Burt. Service will be Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 2:00 p.m. at French ~ University Chapel. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul Blvd. NE. Friends may visit one hour prior to the service. Please visit the online guestbook for Barbara at www.RememberTheirStory.com. FRENCH 1111 University Blvd. NE (505) 843-6333
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