Barbara A. Daniel, 70, passed away on January 29, 2021. When she was three years of age, she and her family moved to Belgium where she took delight entertaining the neighbors with tea parties and cute conversations in French, Flemish and English. When she was five, she contracted polio. The family eventually returned to the United States with a stop in Ohio and then on to Arizona. Eighth grade was Barbara's first class in public school. In school she tried her hand at acting but in 1964 the only part available to her in the school play was the flower cart. So she left acting and turned to choral singing and continued singing with choral groups for the rest of her life. After high school graduation in 1969, she started at ASU where she majored in Sociology and graduated in 1973. Later she returned to college and pursued a masters degree in family and marriage counseling.



After marrying Brian Daniel, they moved to Biloxi Mississippi in 1978. In 1982 they returned to Phoenix. Barbara joined the ASU Choral Union. Later she was a board member and officer with the ASU Lyric Opera Theater (LOT) Guild. She enjoyed catering the opening night events where she helped to organize food and beverages to feed 300 theater patrons. In 2005 Barbara was introduced to the ContraDance Community, a fun bunch of people that had great dances, pot luck dinners and good conversations. Unfortunately this was also the year she had a stroke that put her on oxygen. In her typical fashion, she figured out how to attach an oxygen tank to her wheel chair, kept a spare tank in the van and continued as if nothing changed. She became a board member, and was frequently the first person dancers met when arriving for a dance.



In 2011 Barbara was hospitalized for pneumonia, moved to Hospice, and eventually returned to her home until her death.  Barbara is survived by her husband, Brian. She was predeceased by a son. (Source: ASU Foundation)