Barbara Osborn Sandford was born in 1929. She faced the Great Depression as a young child, experienced the consequences of a world war, confronted the scourge of racism, and came into adulthood during the changing times of the ’50s.
Barbara attended Reed and graduated from the University of Washington before moving to San Francisco, where she met her husband George and married in 1953. She invented many different jobs for herself and loved painting and making sets for community theatres, living with her family between Washington, Oregon, California, and New Mexico—and raising her children in the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s.
After the death of her husband, Barbara returned to the University of Washington to obtain an MA in social work and worked as a psychotherapist. Later, she enjoyed illustrating books and volunteering, while seeking to adapt to the AI age.
Barbara is survived by her children, Clark, Jon, Jodi, and Sara.
