Barbara Lynn Cole, affectionately known as “Dapoo” by her grandchildren
and family, passed away at 6:17 PM, Thursday, June 27 th , 2024, at Blessing
Hospital in Quincy.
Barb was born April 26, 1952, in Santa Barbara, California, the daughter of
Jacob and Eileen Patricia (Dolan) Kutcher. She graduated from Carthage
High School in 1970 and was the 1969 homecoming queen. She then went
on to graduate from Robert Morris College in Carthage with a degree in
business management. On June 16, 1973, she was united in marriage to
Joe Cole at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Carthage. She
enjoyed crafts and painting in 1990’s. Together she and Joe owned and
operated J & R Tire in Carthage. In 2006 she received her real estate
brokers license and worked for Sharpe Real Estate and Brenda Young Real
Estate. It was a career which she also very much enjoyed and excelled at.
Barb is survived by her husband, Joe, of Carthage; three sons, Jeff
(Natalie) Cole of Carthage, Chris (Melinda) Cole of Carthage and Scott
Cole of Lafayette, Indiana; five grandchildren, Sedona and Sawyer Cole,
Sadie Steward, and Brady and Tucker Cole; also one brother, John
Kutcher.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Jim Kutcher and a stepbrother, Terry Sherer, of Canton, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday morning, July 6, 2024,
at Printy Funeral Home in Carthage with burial to follow in Calvary
Cemetery in Carthage. Visitation will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 PM Friday
evening at Printy Funeral Home in Carthage. Memorials may be directed
to the Carthage Golf Course, the Carthage Library, or H.U.G.S. Printy
Funeral Home of Carthage is in charge of arrangements.