Barbara Antoinette (Johnson) Tarrow

Barbara was born on April 1, 1952 to Charles William and Amelia Antoinette (Sutton) Johnson, at Sessions hospital in Northville, Michigan. Barbara passed away on August 1, 2019 at 67 years and 4 months old. Barbara married her high school sweetheart Edward Russell Tarrow on July 1, 1972. Barb was a homemaker for most of the 47 years with her spouse Ed. They had two daughters, Heather Amelia Arizona Rose Tarrow and Catherine Antoinette Belle Tarrow. Once the girls started school, Barbara began working at Henry Ford museum and Greenfield Village – now known as The Henry Ford, retiring from The Village as it is known by the employees on 1996 after 25 years of service. Barbara was raised in an old-fashioned method so working at the The Village fit right in. Her passion was working in the Tinsmith Shop, which she trained under the Master Tinsmith – Robert “Bob” Jones. Barb was one of the few people who truly was a jack of all trades. In addition to the Tinsmith Shop, she worked as a Glass Blower in the Glass Plant, she worked in the Pottery Shop, she was a cooper in the Cooper Shop, a miller in the Grist Mill and as a Blacksmith in the Forge. In the 80’s and 90’s Barb’s family were active members of the Au Glaize Village Re-Enactors out of Defiance Ohio. This group portrayed colonists before the U.S. Civil War and after the Revolutionary War. Barb put the word Home in homemade in regard to this group. Barb made most of the outfits everyone wore, she acquired or traded – with other tradesmen for the products used such as Tinware used for cooking or the wooden benches and tables used at “camp”. Barb’s hobbies were many but to list a few, sewing, cooking, gardening, reading and talking about olden days. Barb is preceded in death by her parents Charles & Amelia and her daughter Heather. She is survived by her husband, Ed, her daughter Cady (Jason) Huertas, grandson’s Tristan and Wyatt and her “adopted” daughters Joan (Tim) Mielke and Danielle Chesshire. Visitation Friday, August 9th from 11 AM until the Friday 1 PM Funeral Service at Vermeulen-Sajewski Funeral Home, 46401 Ann Arbor Road West, Plymouth (between Sheldon and Beck). Interment United Memorial Gardens, Plymouth. To share a memory, please use the share a memory tab on this web page.

Barbara Antoinette (Johnson) Tarrow

April 1, 1952 - August 1, 2019