December 2, 2019 – West Bend, WI –Barbara Theisen (nee Fauster), 70, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019 at St Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend. She was born and raised in West Bend on November 10, 1949 to Joseph and Marcella (nee Rahn) Fauster. Barb graduated from West Bend High School in 1967. She retired from Walgreens after 25 years of service. Barb loved wintering at her second home in North Fort Myers, FL for the last 10 years, where she loved the weather and her neighbors there.
Barb is survived by her loving husband of 51 years, Paul; children, Amy (Keith) Gardner, Adam, Angela (Dan) Van Beek; grandchildren, Nicholas and Alyssa Gardner, Hilary and Jacob Van Beek; brother, Joseph Fauster of Dubuque, IA; sister, Marcie (Chuck) Schlosser; sister-in-law, Bernadette Fauster of Sarasota, FL. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Barb is preceded in death by her parents, brothers Cliff, Elliot and Kenneth Fauster, sister Ann Laabs and sisters-in-law Patricia and Mary Fauster.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be at 12 p.m. on Monday, December 9, 2019 at the St. Frances Cabrini, 1025 S. 7th Ave. West Bend, WI 53095, with Rev. Nathan Reesman presiding. Visitation will be at church on Monday, Dec 9 from 11 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. Private family entombment will be at Washington County Memorial Park.
A special thank you to the ICU doctors and nurses at St. Joseph’s Hospital of West Bend.
