Barbara Jane (Sherman) Brotherton

Barbara Jane (Sherman) Brotherton passed away at home after a two year battle with cancer, August 17, 2010. Born March 18, 1926 in Oak Park, Ill., she attended public school in Westfield, N.J. and earned a master’s degree at Rutgers University.

Barbara was a past president of Newcomers; a pilot in seven Powder Puff Derbies (women’s transcontinental air race) and a founder of the Coyote County chapter of the 99’s. An avid artist, she was a past president of the Fallbrook Art Association and she started the first Questers chapter in Fallbrook.

Barbara is survived by Tom, her husband for almost 6...