Barbara Lena Weigel, 104, died Friday, August 1, 2025. Born in Princeton, NJ, she moved to Hampton in 1944 where she went to work at NACA/NASA as a Human Computer/Mathematician, retiring in 1980 after 36 years of service. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church of Hampton and had been a member of Grace Fellowship for the last 20 or so years. She was very active in both churches. Christ was everything to her and she gave much of her time in His service. She was very supportive of the Missions Ministry at Grace Fellowship, especially in Uganda where a Christian church and school had been built. She also supported the Wycliff biblical translations and had funded their disbursement.

Barbara had always kept up with friends from her high school and college years and met regularly for lunch with the NASA Alumni Association. She had many friends from all the walks of life she traveled.

Preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Lena Weigel and her brother, Henry S. Weigel; she is survived by her nieces, Susan E. Troeger and Barbara Kelley; her nephew, Bruce E. Weigel; great-nephews, Grant and Andrew Troeger and Travis Weigel; and cousins, Michael Clohessey, Barbara Weigel Monk, Dorinda Weigel Davidson, Jay Weigel, and Eileen Weigel Kreiling.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home. Miss Weigel will be buried with her parents in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.

Memorials may be made to the Grace Fellowship Church Mission Fund, 609 Aberdeen Road, Hampton, VA 23661 attn: Peggy Davis. In the memo line please specify that it's for the Ugandan Mission church and school.