Barbara Anne Engelbrecht

December 31, 2020

Barbara (Barbie) Engelbrecht passed away peacefully into the presence of the Lord on December 31st 2020 at the age of 64. She had battled colon cancer for one year. Barbie was born and raised in Morristown New Jersey, and was a graduate of Morristown high School, class of 1974. She spent her adult life in Moorestown where she was an active member of the First United Methodist Church. She faithfully served as a Sunday school teacher and as an integral member of the church choir. Barbie was known for being an intelligent and thoughtful conversationalist, for her great faith and kind spirit. She dedicated her life to the education of young children both at church and at Head Start Preschool in Lumberton New Jersey, where she was a teacher's assistant. She accomplished much despite lifelong adversity. A beautiful mezzo-soprano, Barbie used her gift of voice not only to serve her church and community, but also blessed many weddings with her singing. With a heart for travel she was privileged to take many trips both locally and abroad. Barbie is pre-deceased by parents Sylvia and Robert Kessler, and survived by sisters Karen and Joanne. She will be greatly missed by her friends who embraced her as their family, where she was affectionately known as "Tanta" Barbie. We will miss you ,Barbie! Love , the Evans, Hernick, Sell and Woods families. A celebration of life will be held at 2 PM on March 27, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church, 446 E. Camden Ave. Moorestown, NJ. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the NJ Blind Citizens Assoc., 18 Burlington Ave., Leonardo NJ 07737 in Barbie’s honor.