Barbara (Myers) Krajewski, age 77, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at her home in Paxton, NE.
Barbara Helen Myers was born in North Platte, NE, on December 8, 1947. Raised on the Myers farm in Paxton, Barb attended the town’s one-room schoolhouse until transferring to Roscoe, then eventually Ogallala, where she graduated high school in 1966. She attended college at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and Florida State University. Marrying Richard Barnica, Barb became a mother to her two children, Scott and Alison. While raising her kids in Tallahassee, Florida, Barb was a distinguished member of WFSU Television and an awarded employee of Florida State University.
In 1994, Barb returned to the place she truly considered home, the Myers Family Farm. She became immediately involved in the community and later found GracePoint Church. Barb cherished her church and its members who welcomed her warmly. Activities/hobbies included, cooking/baking, gardening, playing piano and organ, singing in the choir, volunteering at church, teaching country-western dance lessons, hosting themed dinners, volunteering at the Game and Parks Visitors Center and Optimist Club, assisting with state Torch Runs, coordinating local events like the Great American Cattle Drive, all while guided by her faith. Barb held a rewarding role at the Ogallala Women’s Resource Center from 2007-2011. She was awarded the Good Neighbor Award in 2011 by The Ogallala Ministerial Alliance. She loved her role as curator for the Petrified Wood Gallery.
Drawn together by their faith in the Lord, Barb and Toney met and were married in 1997 by Pastor Curtis Tschetter, who remains pastor at GracePoint today. Through Toney, Barb gained three bonus children, TJ, Nicole, and Melissa. Together they enjoyed 28 years of marriage.
Barb was at home, surrounded by loved ones, when she went to her Savior on April 22, 2025. Barb is preceded in death by her parents, Boyd and Alveda Myers. She is survived by husband Toney Krajewski, son Scott Barnica (Susan) of Fort Worth, TX, daughter Alison (Jeff) Stoker of Allen, TX, step-children T.J. (Meghan) Krajewski of Scottsbluff, NE, Nicole Krajewski of Nebraska City, NE, Melissa “Missy” Krajewski of Nebraska City, NE, grandsons Dalton Cervantes and Drake (Marisa) Barnica, granddaughter Emily Lawler, brother Warren (Melissa) Myers and sister Mary (Jim) Ardissono, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will take place Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10:30 A.M. in GracePoint Church with Pastor Curtis Tshetter officiating.
Inurnment will be Saturday, May 17, 2025, in the Ogallala Cemetery in Ogallala, NE.
Donations may be made to GracePoint Church to support families spreading God’s word abroad. Barb’s love of nature, birds and God’s creations was evident. She was a supporting member of www.audubon.org , where donations may also be made. Thirdly, donating to www.alz.org supports research to a cure for the disease of which Barb suffered. Consider one in Barb’s memory, in lieu of flowers.
Draucker Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.
Condolences may be left by going to www.drauckerfh.com
Services will be live-streamed and can be watched by going to www.drauckerfh.com.