Barbara E. Austin, 88, of Parsons died at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society of Parsons, where she had resided since June 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kirk Austin, on Jan. 27, 2007.

A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Parsons. Burial will be in the family plot at Maplewood Cemetery in Emporia. The family will receive friends at 10 a.m., prior to the service, in the fellowship hall of the church.

Memorials are suggested to Wesley United Methodist Church or Parsons Good Samaritan Society and may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, 67357.

Online condolences may be left at forbeshoffman.com.