Candlelight Ranch

 

A Nature Experience
for Special Needs Children & their Families

 

In Memory of Jeri Barr

Jeri Barr was born on July 4, 1956 and died on May 5, 2008. Jeri was 51 years old, and true to her happy nature she arrived on a holiday and left us on a holiday. She used her life to be a loving presence to all those around her.

In 1999, she and the Barr family founded a non-profit organization called The Retreat at Candlelight Ranch, to provide therapeutic outdoor programs to children with special needs. Most recently, she began her own company, j'tote Designer Laptop Bags, where she enjoyed working in fashion and running her own company. Jeri will be missed by all who knew her, and every life she touched will forever be changed. She made you feel blessed -- to be with her, to know her - and inspired everyone she met. Jeri was a loving wife, mother, and sister. She leaves behind her loving and devoted husband, Don; two beautiful daughters, Stephanie Cooper, Ashley Cooper and her husband Jeremy; a devoted son, Carson; six sisters, Cookie Garcia and husband Tony, Cheryl Gonzalez and husband Ricky, Cathy Parker and husband Wayne, Joleen Sultenfuss and partner Carlos, Mary Montalbo and husband Rusty, Annette Glavan and husband Randy; two brothers, Larry Sultenfuss and wife Marian, Tom Sultenfuss and wife Cindy; and many, many nieces and nephews. Jeri was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Mary Cecile Sultenfuss.

Services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 North Lamar, Austin, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jeri's memory to The Retreat at Candlelight Ranch, which was one of her passions.

Obituary and guestbook online at http://wcfish.com

 

Candlelight Ranch is a non-profit organization that provides a positive, healing environment for families and children with special needs to enjoy nature and participate in outdoor and educational activities. This camp, founded by the Barr family, is a natural refuge located on the North shore of Lake Travis near Austin, Texas and has been called a paradise for special needs kids.


"...your spacious property and all the specialties that come along with it, has been a wonderful gift to the children. From bonfires and marshmallow roasts to horses and hiking trails, you are helping children to heal and to look back on this time as a positive and supportive period."

Rosanna Gary, former COO
Austin Children's Center