Barbara Lynne Shumway passed away peacefully late Saturday night, Nov. 17, 2018, at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low from complications of diabetes. She was 70 years old. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Centennial Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 175 W. 9th S. St. in Snowflake, with a public visitation and viewing will begin two hours prior. The concluding service and interment will be later that afternoon beginning at 3 p.m. at the Woodruff Cemetery in Woodruff. Barbara was born on a Monday, Feb. 9, 1948, in Snowflake to her parents, the late Clifford Allen and Violet Mae (Whipple) Frost. She married the love of her life, Lester Dean Shumway, on July 30, 1966, in the Mesa LDS Temple; they were married for 52 years. She served in numerous church callings, including in the Young Women’s and Primary. Barbara had a very strong testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and of her Savior, Jesus Christ and she loved to share this testimony with her children and grandchildren. Barbara is survived by her husband, Lester Dean Shumway of Snowflake; 10 children, Marcy (Steven) Knudsen of Mesa, Les Shumway of Taylor, Daphne (Aaron) Hudson of Snowflake, Kent (Karla) Shumway of Mesa, Walt (Emily) Shumway of South Jordan, Utah, Bob (Louise) Shumway of Glenrothes, Scotland, Mae (Rafael) Ramirez of Gilbert, Toni (Jared) Ghormley of Holbrook, Liz Shumway of Powell, Wyo., and Chuck (Nohemi) Shumway of Mesa; 37 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Pat (David) Renner and Dora Edwards Frost; half-brothers, Allen Frost, Barry Frost, Terry Frost, Bradley Frost and Dennis Frost. She was preceded in death by a brother, Clifford “Hoopie” Frost. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.
