Barbara J. Staudenmaier

Barbara Jo Staudenmaier (Reetz) passed away Saturday, June 21st, 2025 in Oklahoma City, OK.

Barbara Jo Staudenmaier was born July 12th, 1946, in Saginaw, MI. She moved to Sioux Falls, SD as a young child and attended Cathedral grade school and graduated from O’Gorman High School. After high school, she moved to Riverside, CA, working with Bell Telephone and had her daughter, Jennifer. 

On February 24, 1984, Barbara was united in marriage with Thomas Staudenmaier at Bolling AFB, Washington D.C. She worked at St. Joseph’s Cathedral and at Avera Price of Peace after moving back to Sioux Falls. After retirement in 2011, Barbara resided in Rogers, AR. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, traveling, reading, beadwork, jewelry making, and spending time with family & friends.

Barbara was a member of St. Vincent DePaul Church & Society of St. Thomas More in Norman, OK and had a long history of teaching CCD classes, including learning sign language to teach CCD at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC.

Grateful for having shared her life are her daughter, Jennifer Eads of Norman, OK; sister Nancy Winness of Sioux Falls, SD, Catherine Reetz of California; brother-in-law, Bill (Beth) Staudenmaier of Denver, CO; sister-in-law Charlotte (Roland) Schwab of Sioux Falls, SD; grandchildren, Cassandra, Allison, and Noah Eads and Jackie Stettnichs (Jason); 4 great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Betty Reetz; sister, Vicki Reetz; brother, Jeff Reetz; brothers-in-law Herb and Charles Staudenmaier; sisters-in-law Virginia Lovett and Margaret Pickart; son-in-law, Ricky Eads.

Memorials made may be directed to SVdP Society of St. Thomas More, Norman, OK or The Cathedral of St. Joseph Sioux Falls, SD.

Funeral Mass 10:00 AM Friday, July 25th, 2025 at The Cathedral of St. Joseph, 504 N. Summit, Sioux Falls, SD.