| Born: | 6 June 1931, Fillmore, Ventura, Calfornia, USA |
| Sex: | Female |
| Parents: | Father: Martin Ernst Raabe Mother: Louise Minnie Stoltzman |
| Marriage 1: | 5 Oct 1950, Yuma, Yuma, Arizona |
| Donald Lee Clark (2 children) | |
| Died: | 23 Oct 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California |
It is difficult for me to produce something of a mini-biography for my mother. In the first place, our lives didn't intersect long enough for me to know much of hers, personally, though obviously this doesn't seem to have held me back with respect to ancestors of mine that had passed from this life many years before I was born! My mother is a very special person to me, and there is a great deal of hesitancy in me in trying to describe her. For this reason, I will quote a biographical note written by my father, which reads:
Barbara Jean Raabe born of full blooded German parentage was the fifth child of Martin Raabe and Minnie (nee Stoltzman) from Nebraska. Others born were Eleanor, Warren, Wayne, Gordon, Marlene and Lois.
Barbara attended Paramount Jr. High and Compton High School in Compton, California. She worked at U.S. Pottery Manufacturers in Paramount and also for Douglas Aircraft Co., in Long Beach, California some six years.
After marriage, Barbara lived with her husband Don and her two sons Michael and Mark until she succumbed to cancer at the UCLA Medical Hospital in West Los Angeles, California. At the age of 27 Barbara was layed to rest at the Sunnyside Cemetery on Cherry Street and San Antonio Drive in Long Beach California.
At the age of 27 Barbara was:
Height: 5' 3" Color of hair: Blonde Weight: 127 lbs Color of eyes: Green
Now, this note isn't particularly personal, but I suspect that my father had a bit of a hard time expressing deep personal feelings in writing, especially when the writing dealt with someone whom he deeply loved and had lost.
As far as others are concerned, everyone I have spoken with who knew my mother spoke of her as being quiet and beautiful. This is certainly in my remembrance, as well, from what little I can remember. My grandmother Irene spoke lovingly of her, and said that she considered her as a daughter.
I must regard her as among the greatest among women, along with my own wife, and she holds a very special place in my heart. I wish that I had had the opportunity to know her better in life, but I expect that I will again have the chance to meet and rejoice with her, after I myself depart.
---Michael L. Clark
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