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Barbara McVicker Holly was born to Sophia (Fuqua) and Jack Fordham on August 18, 1932. She passed on January 26, 2021 with her grandson Sam by her side.
She attended elementary and high school in Wichita Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas where she met her future husband Jack McVicker and were married in 1952. After the wedding they moved to Garden City, Kansas to live on the family wheat farm. It was there that her three children (Vicki, Alan and Sondra) were born.
In 1970, the family moved to Lamar, Colorado to pursue new business ventures. In 1972 she and Jack were divorced. In order to support herself and her children Barbara had to go to work outside of the family home. She chose the banking industry at Valley State Bank in Lamar to begin her new career, and when she retired she had advanced to become Vice President. In Lamar she made a circle of very dear friends and over the years they shared many adventures and much laughter.