Barbara (Breford) Littlefield was born in Alva, Oklahoma, on August 27, 1927, to Earnest and Lorena Breford. The oldest of four children, she was raised in Alva, Oklahoma, and graduated from Northwestern Sate College with an English and Arts degree in May of 1949.
As a teenager, she helped with the family auto and oil business, keeping books and accounting. Barbara was a certified lifeguard, working at the local community pool in Alva.
Barbara married Melvin Littlefield in August of 1949; the family moved to Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, shortly after to farm and ranch.
She was a lifelong resident of Colorado Springs, where the family relocated to in 1953. Barbara taught high school English and journalism at Harrison and Sierra high schools in Colorado Springs, retiring in 1986. After retiring , Barbara tutored at Sierra until 1995.
She is proceeded in death by her husband, Melvin, and a son, Bruce.
She is survived by two sons, Marc and David Littlefield, both of Colorado Springs, and a sister, Glenda Tinsley of Great Falls, Montana.
Services are pending.
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