WARREN — After a long wait and valiant struggle, Barbara Jean (Moore) Littlehale was called home to rest on Sept. 17, 2014. Barbara Jean was born July 20, 1935, the daughter of Stanley and Marion (Perrigo) Moore. She attended schools in Easton and Mars Hill, graduating from ACI in 1953.

On Dec. 31, 1955, she married her sweetheart, Robert Leroy Littlehale, and so began a journey that would last for nearly 59 years. They raised six children and Barbara Jean helped her husband in various family endeavors, including an egg farm and their five J's Restaurant. She drove a school bus for School Administrative District 40 for 20 years and diligently transported students safely and happily until health issues required her to retire.

Barbara Jean will be remembered for her faith and trust in God and her love of the truth of God, her sweet and gentle nature, and her unconditional love for her family. Barbara Jean's doctors, nurses, caregivers, family and friends were always uplifted by her constant radiant smile.

Barbara Jean is survived by her husband, Robert; her son, Robert Leroy Littlehale II and Julie Weaver of Union; her daughters, Janet Clark and her husband, John, of Port Orange, Fla., Joan MacNeill, Jeannie Wood and her husband, Scott, and Julie Tracy and her husband, David, all of Warren, Jacquelyn Jackson, and Robert "Chris” Achorn of Friendship. Her surviving grandchildren include Jared Littlehale and his wife, Katie, Christy Preston and her fiancé, Tom Farrington, Laurie Preston Stiles and her husband, Tim, Taylor MacNeill and Ashley Lowe, Michael Wood and his wife, Monica, Ryan Wood, Laura Tracy Ruffner and her husband, Kyle, Kevin Tracy and Jackie Garrity, Jennifer Tracy, Devan Robinson, Natasha Jackson, Fontana Jackson, Jacoby McDaniel, Cameron Littlehale and Owen Littlehale; as well as 15 great-grandchildren. Barbara Jean leaves behind five sisters; one brother; several in-laws; many cousins; nieces; nephews; and friends who all were dear to her.

In addition to her mother and father, she was predeceased by her granddaughter, Jaime Lynn Littlehale; two sisters; her mother- and father-in-law, Jennie Standish and Clayton Littlehale; two sisters-in-law; and two brothers-in-law.

Friends are invited to call at Hall's Funeral Home on Sunday, Sept. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. with funeral services to be held on Monday, Sept. 22 at 11 a.m. at the Second Congregational Church on Main Street in Warren, with the Revs. Ralph Miller and Brad Wilson officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Barbara Jean's name to the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association or the National Kidney Foundation.

The staff of Hall's of Waldoboro is caring for the family.