Barbara Pees Guth

A family gathering for Barbara Pees Guth, 68, Albuquerque, was Saturday, Oct. 25, in Albuquerque.Mrs. Guth died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, of pulmonary hypertension in Albuquerque.She was born Sept. 8, 1940, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Gerald B. Sr. and Ruth Duncan Pees. She attended the University of New Mexico.Mrs. Guth retired as managing editor of New Mexico Press. She was a master gardener.She married John Guth in July 1961 in Iola, Kan. He survives, of the home.Other survivors include her mother, Ruth Pees, Lawrence, Kan.; a son, Jason Guth, Phoenix; a daughter, Sarah Klenner, Detroit; a brother, Gerald Pees, Lawrence; a sister, Chrystine Churas, Mebane, N.C.; and six grandchildren.