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March 8, 2018
Notre Dame Sister Barbara (James Marie) Geib, died Feb. 4 in Monroe, Washington. A Sister of Notre Dame for 65 years, Sister Barbara was 85 years old. Born in San Francisco, she was a graduate of Notre Dame High School, Belmont.
For 21 years, Sister Barbara taught in Notre Dame elementary schools in Marysville, Salinas, Honolulu, Santa Clara and Saratoga, as well as Iowa and Washington.
In 1967, she responded to a need for a parish sister in what was then a small rural parish in Monroe, Washington. “Father Philip Bloom, pastor, St. Mary of the Valley Parish, described the energy, enthusiasm, support and deep involvement in the community’ that ‘Sister B’ brought to the parish and to everyone she encountered,” the sisters said in a statement.
A memorial Mass was celebrated Feb. 22 at the Notre Dame Province Center in Belmont. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont 94002.