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Barbara Jean Nims, daughter of Edward and Kate Nims was born in Sumas, Washington in 1936. Barbara attended the Sumas grade school and Nooksack Valley High School. She was baptized and became a member of the Sumas Advent Christian Church in 1951. In 1958 she graduated from Aurora College in Illinois.
Barbara married Robert C. "Bob" Axmaker on August 2, 1958. Bob was born in 1938 in Oregon. Bob and Barbara moved to Portland Oregon, where she worked for the Evergreen School for a year, then to Colton, Oregon, where she continued to pursue her career in education. Bob and Barbara were divorced in 1985.
In 1987, Barbara remarried to James E. "Jim" Hill. Barbara retired from Colton Public Schools after 32 years with the system and continues to reside in the Colton area.
Bob Axmaker and Barbara had the following children:
| Robert Burton Axmaker | Born in Silverton, Oregon in 1959. |
| Donald James Axmaker | Born in Silverton, Oregon in 1960 |
| Thomas Walter Axmaker | Born in 1961. |