Barbara F. Wahlberg

Barbara Florence Wahlberg

Husband: Wayne Raymond Wahlberg

Children: Cynthia Crisp, Thomas (Jayne) Wahlberg, William Wahlberg, and Robert Wahlberg

Grandchildren: Matthew, Michael, Timothy, Daniel, Anthony, Nicole, John, Jessica, and Mark

Great-Grandchildren: Taylor, Mara, Drew, Charlotte, Diana, Lucy, Evan, Peyton, Maxwell, Levi, Emmett, Felicity, William, and Kane

Great-Great-Grandchild: Desmond

Barbara was born in St. Paul, MN on April 21, 1931, to Lester Joseph LaMotte and Florence Barbara LaMotte.  In her early years she lived on the east side of Saint Paul.  She attended North Saint Paul High School in the late 1940’s and enjoyed the family hobby of horse riding with her brother and parents.

It was in her senior year of high school that she met the love of her life, Wayne Wahlberg, when he returned home from US Naval Service and returned to finish his high school senior year.  Barb was an attendant at homecoming that year, and Wayne was her escort to the stage and homecoming dance. Wayne and Barbara were married on June 21, 1949.

Barb was first and always a mother.  She and Wayne had four children, and she loved being a mom and raising them.  They resided in North Saint Paul until 1959, at which time they purchased a farm in Stillwater.  They farmed for five years and then returned to North Saint Paul in 1964, where they built a new house for their growing family.

Barb enjoyed flower gardening and homemaking.  They owned a camper, which spent most of its time at Blue Waters Campground on North Center Lake, near Lindstrom.  She enjoyed fishing, camping, and raising her children for many years.

They retired in August of 1991.  Their retirement was filled with gardening, traveling, and the many opportunities to care for their grandchildren, several of which lived nearby.  Wayne and Barb have lived in North Saint Paul since 1964.  They celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary in 2019.

Barbara Florence Wahlberg died on January 21, 2026, in her home at the Polar Ridge Senior Care facility.  She will be dearly missed by all that loved her.  She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Lester William LaMotte, grandchildren Mark and Jessica, and great grandchild Mara.