Barbara "Bobbi" Flinn's Obituary
Barbara “Bobbi” Flinn, 73, passed away December 24, 2021. Bobbi’s family and
friends will gather Thursday, January 6, 2022 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Eineder
Funeral Homes - Brooklyn Chapel.
Bobbi was born on May 5, 1948, in Wilmington, Delaware to Steve and Jane Nelson. In
her twenties she was a flight attendant with TWA and always talked of that time with
great fondness. It was her greatest title until she became Mom. Bobbi married John
Flinn, on December 1, 1979, in Parkville, Missouri. She will be remembered as a
loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Bobbi was devoted to her family and
made them the center of her life. She enjoyed watching sports, especially the Detroit
Tigers and the Dallas Cowboys and enjoyed spending time going out for meals and
blessing her family and friends. Bobbi never needed a specific reason to bless others
when she could. She believed that personally impacting others lives in a positive
manner was the good this world needed. Her legacy is her family; her love was her
family; her most blessed gifts were her family.
Bobbi will be greatly missed by her husband, John; her children, Megan Flinn of
Napoleon, MI; Colin (Tiffany) Flinn of Brooklyn, MI; Erin Flinn of Napoleon, MI and
Siobhan (Tyler) Scheick of Portage, MI; siblings, Jan Melson of Canton, GA; Steve
Nelson of Gladstone, MO; MaryJo (Mark) Schumacher of Almont, CO; and T.J. Nelson of
Colorado Springs, CO; grandchildren Jordyn, Emmarie, Kinleigh, Teagan, Perry,
Lochlan and Saylor; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death
by her parents and a brother, Robert Nelson.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the family care of John
Flinn for distribution into the memorial educational trust for her grandchildren.
Please leave a message of comfort for Bobbi’s family or sign her guestbook at
www.EinederFuneralHomes.com.
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