Barbara Louise Lott
Barbara Louise Lott was born in Hunters Creek (Lapeer), Michigan on August 25, 1935. She died on October 25, 2025, in East Lansing, MI, at the age of 90.
In January 1946, Barbara and her parents, sisters and brother moved to Mount Morris, Michigan. She graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1953 and went on to attend Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, graduating in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Nursing. Barbara was employed at the Edward W. Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing General Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Visiting Nurses Association in San Francisco, California.
Barbara enjoyed attending concerts and Broadway plays at the Wharton Center in East Lansing. She also loved to visit her sister Eleanor, brother-in-law David and their children Kathy, Robert, Scott and Mark in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Barbara especially enjoyed a trip with the MSU Alumni Association to seven European countries. She traveled extensively in the United States, including Hawaii, with New England being one of her favorite areas to visit.
Barbara was predeceased in death by her parents, Richard Casper “Cap” Lott in 1996 and Katharine Adell (Scott) Lott in 1998; a sister, Eleanor Jean (Lott) Reath in 2015; brother-in-law, David Lloyd Reath, DVM, in 1995; and brother, Roger Clinton Lott in 1961.
Surviving Barbara is her twin sister, Marjorie Susan Lott; niece, Katharine Jean Reath Peterson; three nephews, Robert David Reath, Roger “Scott” Reath (Elizabeth Anne “Liz”), and Mark Leland Reath (Lisa Ann); great-nieces and nephews, Sherry Lynn Peterson (Brian Allen Jaroniewski), Karen Elizabeth Peterson, Benjamin Scott Reath (Serena Irene), Joseph Scott Reath, Jonathan Scott Reath, Katharine Angela Reath, Isaac Giovanni Reath and Gabrielle Nichole Reath (Josh Moress); and great-great-nieces and nephews, Blake-Ryan Jaroniewski, James Oliver Reath, Maximus Harold “Max” Reath and Emma Rosa Reath.
Our family would like to extend a special thank you to the doctors, nurses and certified nurse assistants at Burcham Hills Nursing Home for the excellent care Barbara received while a patient there and to all other persons who helped Barbara meet her daily needs.
If desired, memorial gifts may be sent to The Peoples Church, 200 West Grand River Ave., East Lansing, MI 48823 or the charity of one’s choice in memory of Barbara.
There will be a private graveside burial. A memorial service for Barbara will be held at The Peoples Church, East Lansing, Michigan at a later date.
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Mark Bitman
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 pmMarjorie and family:
I first came to know Barbara and Marjorie while working at Linn’s Camera Shops (mostly in Frandor, but I worked in East Lansing, Lansing Mall, and briefly on Washington Square and I worked in the Stockroom in the Plant on Michigan avenue. Two of my favorite customers were Barbara and Marjorie. Today, my world is a little sadder and not as bright knowning of the loss of Barbara. Our paths have coincidentally crossed paths because after I left Linn’s I went to work at Michigan State University and one of the departments/colleges I worked in was the College of Nursing. When I worked in Crop and Soil Sciences my supervisor, Joan Gilliland, knew Cap who was a friend of Dr. Carter and Mrs. Harrison. Such fond memories.