Barb Newell

[Second Hand Pat]

Many of us newer folks know nothing about Barb Newell and since this hobbyist contest is dedicated to her it only seeming fitting to create a thread so the newer folks can get a sense of who Barb was. I am able to find some info mostly related to her passing. I did find this thread

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?60959-Barb-Newell-was-SPECIAL!

which helps to get a feel of who she was and what she meant to people. Here is another one.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?71492-Barb-Newell&highlight

[Altum Nut]

Pat,

I only had the pleasure to have met Barb on a number of occasions during some our local fish auctions before my discus craze began.
Will never be forgotten and thanks Barb for keeping the memory alive amongst people who never knew her.

...Ralph

[Carolina discus]

Pat,
Well done...Barb was a very classy lady who always made time to try to help....
Seems like the good ones always go too soon....

Take care
Eric

[brewmaster15]

Thank you for this thread Pat. Barb was a very special person and a very important part of this community. When she passed away, she left a huge space in many hearts here.

-al

[Skip]

i did not get to know her.. but her spirit is felt here. :angel:

[Moon]

Barb lived about 10 minutes from me. I got to know her well and she got me back into discus some 10 years ago. A real classy lady and is missed a lot around here in Burlington.

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks guys and reading through the posts of the people who krew and were touched by Barb helps to give folks like me a sense of the totally beautiful person Barb was. She is still missed.

[roclement]

Thanks for this Pat! People make this hobby and she was the best kind of people!

Rodrigo

[Discus-n00b]

Ditto to everyone else above. And as far as discus went, Barb had some of the best Ocean Greens around!

[Eddie]

Ditto to everyone else above. And as far as discus went, Barb had some of the best Ocean Greens around!

TRUTH! The only ones I ever thought looked like true Ocean Greens. She was an amazing woman!

[Disgirl]

I wish I could have known her. She sounds like a wonderful lady.
Another Barb

[Eddie]

I wish I could have known her. She sounds like a wonderful lady.
Another Barb

Although you may not have known her Barb, you can read through her previous posts on the forum and really get a feel for the type of person that she was. Always so helpful.

[Second Hand Pat]

Eddie, what is her username?

[Eddie]

Eddie, what is her username?

She used her name, Barb Newell.

[Lytehouse]

What an awesome community of people
to celebrate someone's life in this way...

[vicdiscus]

I never forget about her! she was my good friend. She had the best ocean green discus ever I had seen and she had other beautiful discus and other fish. She was an awesome heart lady!