Barbara Mills

September 7, 1957 - January 11, 2022

Barbara Lynn Mills, age 64, passed away on January 11, 2022. She was born on September 7, 1957 in Grand Rapids to David Keeler and Julia Posthuma Keeler. A current resident of Warren, she formerly lived in Gardena, CA and Marysville, MI. Barbara was a retired Financial Controller at The Salvation Army, California South Divisional Headquarters and also worked for The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Divisional Headquarters since 1985. She worked as a nurse prior to working for The Salvation Army. She earned her License in Practical Nursing at St. Clair County Community College and graduated from Marysville High School (Michigan). Barbara was a generous and kind woman, helping others with financial support and service. She supported The Salvation Army Children's Home in Haiti as well as The Salvation Army homeless outreach in Los Angeles. Barbara was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and cousin. She loved children, taking on her church's young children's group at the age of 18. She had a great capacity to love. She loved deeply, she loved eternally, she loved people who needed to be loved. She loved with her wonderful heart, she loved with her money, when a small orphanage in Haiti was destroyed in an earthquake she helped to pay for it to be rebuilt. She loved with her time, she loved with her skills. She had a gift for creating beautiful things and then give them away as soon as she was done. Her precision was akin to an engineer, the resulting piece as stunning as if she'd hired a designer to make it for her. She would come along side of people and draw them into her circle and start lifting them up. She was a competitive game-player and will be the forever family Farkle champion. Beloved daughter of the late Julia and David Keeler. Loving sister of Joanne (Ken) Cash of Marysville, Susan Keeler-Perkins of Warren and Beverly (Timothy) Best of Elgin, IL. Proud aunt of Natalie Perkins, Katherine (Michael) Strenger, David (Megan) Best, Elizabeth (Grant) Ream and great aunt of Ruby Strenger, Cash Strenger and Grace Ream. A memorial service will be announced in the future. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to The Salvation Army's Children's Home in Haiti at www.sawso.com (click donate button; In Memory of Barbara Mills; Program Country: Haiti; Comment: Children's Home). Share your memories at www.sullivanfuneraldirectors.com.