Barbara Jane Steele

February 3, 1935 - August 1, 2019

Barbara Jane Steele, age 84, of Huntington, died at 10:44 a.m. Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Parkview Huntington Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 – 8 p.m. Monday, August 5, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Rosary services will immediately follow at 8 p.m. Monday at Bailey-Love Mortuary. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 860 Cherry Street, Huntington, Indiana, with Father Tony Steinacker officiating. There will be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the service. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Huntington. Preferred memorials are masses to SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Barbara was born on February 3, 1935 in Huntington, the daughter of Herman J. and Emma F. (Pfister) Ness. She attended Huntington Catholic High School and married Keith E. Steele on February 11, 1956 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington; he preceded her in death on June 9, 2014. Barbara worked at Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington and was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Huntington, where she participated in the Rosary Sodality. She was a member of both American Legion Post #7 and VFW Post #2689 auxiliaries in Huntington. She enjoyed working at her family’s West Park Skate Center, playing Bingo, going to casinos, and spending time with kids. She is survived by a son, Gary (Lynn) Steele of Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughters Janet (Dale) Dodson of Nashville, Tennessee and Cynthia (Mark) Sailors, Mary Ellen Scott, and Connie Jones, all of Huntington. Also surviving are a brother, Richard (Maureen) Ness of Huntington, 14 grandchildren, and 37 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters Catherine Van Holten, Helen Mueller, Bernadette Sturgeon, Francis Bowen, Mary Double, and Marge Kohlinger, brothers Jack Ness, Don Ness, and Charles Ness, and sons-in-law Doug Scott, Mike Wales, and George Jones, Jr.