Barbara E. Bilyeu, age 72 of Holden, Missouri passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Williams Funeral Chapel, Holden, Missouri. Family will receive friends one hour before the service on Saturday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the New Liberty Cemetery or the Kidney Foundation and may be left at the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton or Williams Funeral Chapel, Holden. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Barbara was born June 8, 1940 the daughter of Otis Harold and Thelma Byrdeen (Snyder) Blackwell. She was married to Jerry Duane Bilyeu who preceded her in death in l983. She worked as a secretary for Coldwell-Banker Real Estate in Clinton. She was a member of the Missouri Realtors Association, the National Association of Realtors, the Mid West Missouri Board of Realtors and a member of the Northern Cherokee nation.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a great grandson, Raylan Eagleson and a nephew, Russell Shanks.


She is survived by two sons, Gene Bilyeu and Toni Folson and David Bilyeu and Anita White, all of Holden, Missouri; two daughters, Jolene Dunlap-Backes and husband, Kenny of Pleasant Hill, Missouri and Karen Eagleson and husband, Harlan of Holden, Missouri ; one sister, Bonita Townsend and husband, Charles of Clinton, Missouri; eight grandchildren, Christopher Eagleson, Karell Johnson, Brett Dunlap, Samantha Bell, Jessica Jones, Jerry Dennis Bilyeu, Snowy Bilyeu and Kelli Moore as well as six great grandchildren, Nevaeh Johnson, Tabitha Bell, Madison Jones, Jared Moore, Lexis Moore, Cody Moore; two nephews, Ron Shanks and Bob Shanks and many cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.