Barbara Helen Leibham

Barbara Helen Leibham 80, of Bandera, Texas passed away on January 27, 2025, in the town of Bandera, Texas. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Claude J. Marks and Ruth (Kohrs) Marks on February 28, 1944. 

She married Anthony (AP) Leibham January 13, 1978, in Liberty, Texas. She was a long-time resident of Bandera, Texas. She went to school in St. Louis, Missouri, Steelville, Illinois, and graduated from high school in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She worked as a cashier, operator on an assembly line at SMS industries (HI Port) in Highlands, Texas and a housewife. She loved to do crafts, read and most of all loved writing poetry. 

She is preceded in death by her husband Anthony (AP) Leibham, parents Claude J. Marks and Ruth (Kohrs) Marks, sister Carol Jo Stroope and William Stroope, grandparents Edward Kohrs Sr. and Anna (Wagner) Kohrs, Andrew Marks and Bella (Milligen) Marks. 

She is survived by her niece Michelle Dickens of Malvern, Arkansas; nephews Billy Stroope and wife Brandy Stroope of Commerce City, Colorado; Jeffrey Stroope and wife Shanna Stroope of Austin Arkansas; Jesse Stroope and wife Tara Stroope of Pearcy, Arkansas. There are several great-nieces and nephews and great-great niece and nephews.

A visitation will take place at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bandera, Texas beginning at 9 AM on Thursday February 6, 2025, with a rosary to follow at 9:30 AM.

A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10 AM. 

Burial will follow at St. Stanislaus New Catholic Cemetery in Bandera, Texas. 

In lieu of flowers, the family request that a mass be offered.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Bandera Funeral Chapel.