Archive for month: August, 2025

On July 15th, 2025 Brad Barnes peacefully “slipped away” from this earth to his heavenly home.  He has been a part of our Hope & A Future Family of Friends since October 2016.  Our grief has been palpable. We share a long history together. But more importantly we share love for Brad and his family. I met Brad’s parents in 2005 after a friend of theirs moved into our first Adult Family Home on Branch Street in Middleton.  I took their friend to senior luncheons at Blackhawk Church. Their friend, Ruth Scheel was part of a pilot project we worked...