Barbara Morris Steinkraus

Barbara Morris Steinkraus, 84, a member of FOR since1944, passed away on January 11, 2011 in Oswego, NY.

Barbara Morris graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio in 1948, and married Warren Steinkraus, a professor of philosophy at SUNY Oswego. Interested in organizations that promoted peace and justice, Steinkraus helped found the Oswego branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom where she was credited with being a “whiz” at assembling the Peace & Justice newspaper. She was also a member of the Syracuse Religious Society of Friends and participant at Faith United Church of Oswego, and was active with the American Friends Service Committee. Steinkraus was an artist, an avid bird watcher, loved gardening and the color purple, and was a member of the Oswego Festival Chorus and Oswego Art Guild for many years. She is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth, and her family.