Barbara "Bobbie" Lee Bacus

March 25, 1956 - February 9, 2019

Barbara Lee Bacus, age 62, of Brookfield, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019, at her home. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, March 25, 2019 at Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, MO with Herbie Fessler officiating. The family requests that if attendees wish to, they may bring flowers to place on her gravesite. Memorials have been suggested to the Linn County Food Pantry and may be left at or sent to Rhodes Funeral Home, 216 Linn Street, Brookfield, MO 64628. Online registry at www.rhodesfh.com. Barbara “Bobbie” Lee, daughter of Walter Henry Gordon Jr. and Mildred Ellen (Gullick) Gordon, was born on March 25, 1956 at McLarney Hospital in Brookfield, Missouri. She was a member of Park Baptist Church and was baptized there. She attended Brookfield High School with the class of 1974. Bobbie very much enjoyed genealogy and spent many hours working on compiling family history and genealogy. She was united in marriage to Larry Lyford and then later to Robert Bacus. Bobbie is survived by her daughter, Dawn Michele Martinez (Miguel), Rialto CA; two grandchildren, Jaiden Luke and Melina Angelique; one sister, Judith Bailey (William), KCMO; two nieces, Tammy Callendar, and Jeana Eggers (Todd); and her good friend Tom Holloway; as well as several other cousins, family members and friends She was preceded in death by her parents, her infant son, Corey Wayne Lyford, and both ex-husbands.