Barbara A. Byers

Barbara A. Byers, 79, of Portage, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021 at UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh.

The daughter of the late Paul and Emma (Dick) Learn, she was born July 8, 1942 in Commodore.

Barb was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Portage. In her free time she enjoyed traveling with her sisters and taking trips to the casino with them. Above all she enjoyed spending time with her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her cat Cali.

Surviving is her loving husband of 55 years, Terry D. Byers; two daughters, Tracy Byers-Loftus and her husband John of Portage, and Patricia Mallery and her husband Ron of Duncansville; three grandchildren, Andrew Byers and his wife Kristine, Matthew Myers, and Sarah Mallery; three great-grandchildren, Kasen, Liala, and Calder; and six siblings, Wyla Stiffler, Juanita Learn, Dwight Learn, Vivian Livingston, Doris Shaffer, and Lois Buchanan.

Barb was preceded in passing by two siblings, John Learn and Steele Learn.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday at Robinson-Lytle-Shoemaker Funeral Home (36 N. 7th Street, Indiana). A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 11 AM at the funeral home. Interment will be in Pineland Cemetery, Strongstown.