Barbara Jean (Bobbi) Dykes
Barbara Jean (Bobbi) Dykes, 65, Pottersville, Missouri, passed away at 6:39 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Cedarhurst Senior Living.
Bobbi was born September 1, 1959, at Jackson, Michigan, to William and Marilyn Aske Cooley. She loved being outdoors, gardening, watching and feeding birds, and collecting rocks. One of her proudest accomplishments was being a chemistry professor.
She is survived by two children, Kristin Griffin and wife, Stephanie, and Travis Dykes; and one grandson, William Dykes.
Her parents preceded her in death.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Heather Croney
June 19, 2025 @ 12:13 am
You will be greatly missed by many.,I will miss you
Ron Hensley
June 23, 2025 @ 1:53 pm
Sorry to hear this. I admire her very much and for all she went through. She was always nice and wanted to talk anytime I saw her in Melton. She will be missed.
Judy Carr
June 23, 2025 @ 2:21 pm
Amber and I wish to send our deepest condolences to the family of Bobbi Dykes. She was a joy to work with and will be greatly missed.
Debbie Mayers
June 23, 2025 @ 2:32 pm
Bobbi was a very loving and kind person. We need more people like her in the world. I’m so sorry she is gone.
Melinda Denton
June 23, 2025 @ 2:40 pm
Bobbi was a wonderful friend and colleague. She always made time to encourage her students and helped many of them to be successful in Chemistry. I will miss her.
Cindy Bridges
June 23, 2025 @ 3:24 pm
So sorry to hear of Bobbi’s passing. She was such a wonderful, kind person. I enjoyed our visits – it didn’t matter the topic, Bobbi shared her stories and thoughtfully listened to mine. 🙂 Students loved having her for their chemistry lab instructor! So many students went into it thinking they would never learn but with her guidance achieved success. She will be missed by all who had the privilege to know her.
Ed Birdyshaw
June 23, 2025 @ 4:16 pm
I am very sorry to hear this. Bobby was a friend and a colleague. She was always positive and welcoming and the University will miss her greatly.
Anthony Priest
June 23, 2025 @ 6:03 pm
Hearing the news of Bobbi’s passing has made this a gray day. “Gray Day” is a poem Bobbi wrote. She shared it with me a while back, and I I hope it brings comfort to everyone grieving–especially her family.
Gray Day
Today I feel gray ~ not black not white
but a dull gray.
I feel as though God’s light is somehow
missing me.
I pray for the patience, the faith, and
the perseverance I need necessary to
make it through today.
There once was a flower bud.
It was a gray, rainy day.
He waits patiently and with knowing that the sun will shine again.
He does not give up and die because the sun did not shine.
You see, the flower knows that he needs the rainy days as well as
the sunny days to become the most beautiful flower he can be.
He might as well enjoy the rain.
It can be a time of rest and reflection;
a time of anticipation of seeing the sun again.
He knows the sun is there just behind the weeping clouds.
He can grow to be beautiful and healthy only with the proper
God-given combination of sunny days and rainy days.
I, too, can live as the flower bud lives,
with faith in God’s light.
~~ Bobbi Dykes
written March 1999
Bruce Cavitt
June 23, 2025 @ 9:27 pm
Bobbi was a kind soul that touched the lives of many. She was always pleasant and a joy to see on campus. We shared many stories and I admired here tenacity, grit and perseverance in life.
Julie Crampton
June 25, 2025 @ 10:48 am
Bobbi was my parents neighbor at Cedar Hurst. I always enjoyed talking with her, even if only Hi, how are you today. She had the kindness that radiated from her soul. She will be missed
Vickie Petkovic
June 26, 2025 @ 7:56 pm
I have missed Bobbi here at work, and now I miss her in a deeper way. She was a joy to know and a boon for many on campus: students, faculty, and staff alike. She’ll always have a special place in my heart. God rest her soul. May eternal light shine upon her and may God grant her peace.
Darian Williams
July 2, 2025 @ 10:41 am
This lady was my college chemistry lab instructor. She was a compassionate soul and is terribly, terribly missed. It is my great honor to consider her a friend. I was made a better human being simply by her acquaintance. Bobbi had an interest in people, especially her students and passing on knowledge. Thank you and rest peacefully, Bobbi.