Barbara Horowitz

Born: August 17, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec

Died: February 11, 2026 in Victoria, B.C.

Plot: Row J – Plot 8b

Biography:
The following eulogy was given by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough
Barbara Horowitz, Brucha bat Shalom Nissin v Chaya Giya
Born: Montreal, Quebec, August 17, 1931, 4 Elul 5691
Died: Victoria, BC, February 11, 2026, 24 Shevat 5786
Buried: Traditional Jewish Cemetery, February 15, 2026, 28 Shevat, 5786

Barbara was, as her name Brucha suggests, a blessing to her family, her husband Myer, z”l. her daughters Deborah and Carol, and to her many adopted-in family members and dear friends. As her beloved Jane Austen noted, “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

Barbara didn’t want a fuss made, even now, but a few words must be shard to recall this woman of refinement, a woman for whom her life was like that book: “..but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

Barbara and Myer took turns through the course of their marriage attending each other’s conferences, supporting each other’s interests. Barbara was a long-standing member of the Jane Austen Society and the National Council of Jewish Women, a passionate reader, a quilter, a woman of solitary and considerable enterprise, a woman who valued education and learning almost up to her last breath.

Independent and gracious, her many interests varied and focused, she was a women with which to be reckoned. I think of Barbara as that Ezer k’negdo, often translated as helpmeet in biblical translation, but truly that woman who faces her husband with strength and sacred harmony, a tension of equals.

She and Myer travelled extensively, especially in their retirement, frequenting river cruises, Hawaii, Japan, – the world was endlessly fascinating to them both.

This last and final journey I am certain will also hold Barbara’s interest: one imagines her taking notes and recording her findings enroute.

Barbara may your journey home be swift, may your return to your beloved Myer be sweet, and may your rest, so well earned, be sufficient.

Spouse:
Myer Horowitz

Children:
Deborah
Carol