Barbara Knight
Spring Observer // Spring News
Jan. 5, 2011 Updated: Sep. 27, 2016 11 a.m.
Barbara Knight 67, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 2, 2011.
Barbara's hometown was Sterling, Illinois. Barbara attended and graduated from Swedish American Hospital School of Nursing in 1964, in Rockford, Illinois, at which time she became a Registered Nurse. Barbara worked as a RN in many different hospitals in California, Missouri, and Houston, TX. which is where she had resided for the last 34 years.
Some highlights in Barbara's career were being a caregiver at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California in which she met people from all over the world. In 1987, Barbara was interviewed in her home for Ted Koppel's Night Line Aids Town Meeting, which she considered to be quite an honor. The most satifying part of her career was being a part of the research that has made HIV a treatable disease.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Truman and Hazel Kosier and brother Jack Kosier. Survivors include her brother Bob (Diane) Kosier; sisters Linda Wilson and Sandra Kosier: children, Karen (Rob) Hinds of Des Moines, IA. and Shelly (Troy) Davis of Tomball, TX.; grandchildren Cody Dowell and Mallory Hinds.
In acordance with her wishes, her body has been cremated and a service will be held at a later date.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends for her kindness and sense of humor.