Obituary of Barbara Jean Droste

Barbara Jean (Graham) Droste of Tucson, Arizona passed on September 13, 2021, after a lengthy illness. She was preceded in death by her parents Florence and Bill Graham of Tucson and is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Jill Graham, of Columbia, Missouri.

Barb grew up in Marion Iowa and lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa until she moved to Tucson in the late 1980’s where she lived until her death. She graduated from Linn-Mar High School in 1967 and attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. She enjoyed the outdoors, the mountains surrounding Tucson, tending to her plants, and loved all her pets including her wonderful dog, Abby.