Barbara Taylor Santistevan, 79, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo. A family wake will be held Monday evening at 815 Shoshone Ave. in Ignacio. A rosary will be recited at St. Ignatius Catholic Church at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. A funeral service will be Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Ignatius Catholic Church. Father Douglas Hunt of St. Ignatius Catholic Church will be officiating. Burial will occur at Ouray Cemetery in Ignacio. Dinner will be served after the burial at Southern Ute Multipurpose Room. Mrs. Santistevan was born June 18, 1933, in Ignacio, Colo., the daughter of Edwin and Ellen Box Taylor. Barbara grew up and attended schools in Ignacio. She met the love of her life, Sam Santistevan, and they were married and moved to California in the 1950's. Barbara worked as an aircraft detailer for McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, and she and Sam lived most of their life in California before retiring and moved back to Ignacio in the mid 1990's. She enjoyed spending her time playing Keno and taking care of and raising her great nieces, Helania and Patricia Rose Taylor, as if they were her own children. She liked to eat out at all the area restaurants and enjoyed watching Perry Mason, Miami CSI and Matlock whenever she could. She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church. Barbara was a Southern Ute tribal member. She is survived by two stepsons: Dewayne Santistevan of Oklahoma and Sam Santistevan of Bayfield, Colo.; nieces: Patricia Ellen Taylor of Ignacio; Johnita Elyn Taylor (niece) of Ignacio; Corliss Taylor (niece) of Durango, Norma Borjquez (niece) of Ignacio, Toni Taylor Flores (niece) of California, Mary Frances Taylor (niece) of California, Arlene Taylor (niece) of California, Kathleen Taylor (niece) of Ignacio; nephews: Johnson K. Taylor (nephew) of Ponca City, Okla., McKean Walton (nephew) of Ignacio, Maynard Taylor (nephew) of Ignacio, Dale Santistevan (god son) of Ignacio and numerous other extended family She was preceded in death by her husband Sam in 1995, her parents, four brothers, three sisters, one niece and one nephew.