Individual Details

Barbara Joan Musil

(31 Aug 1958 - 19 Oct 1987)

Barbara Joan Musil was born 31 August 1958 in Japan. She married 29 December 1979 at Davis, Yolo County, California to Duncan David MacGregor, who was born 10 November 1958, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

There were two (2) children born of the marriage.

Placerville Mountain Democrat, Placerville, California, Wednesday, October 21, 1987, Page 2, Col. 5: Rearing horse kills woman. Rescue---A 29-year-old Shingle Springs woman who reportedly fell from a horse Friday at 11 a.m. died Monday afternoon at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, according to the Sacramento County Coroner's Office. Barbra Jo MacGregor reportedly was training a horse at property on Carlson Road when the horse suddenly reared up causing her to fall to the ground. A witness told Rescue fire district emergency medical technicians the woman fell and hit her head, but Lifeflight medics said the head injury was so extensive that the horse must have kicked her in the head, according to Tom Doyle, battalion chief of the Rescue fire department. MacGregor reportedly had a fractured skull in the temple region and was unconscious when medics arrived. She never regained consciousness. The Lifeflight helicopter few MacGregor to Sacramento and she was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m. Monday. Although an autopsy had not yet been performed, personnel at the coroner's office said they presume MacGregor died from a severe head injury.

Placerville Mountain Democrat, Placerville, California, Wednesday, October 21, 1987, Page 10, Col. 2: Funeral services for Barbara Jo MacGregor, 29, of Shingle Springs will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the First Baptist Church in Davis. Interment will follow in the Davis Cemetery. Mrs. MacGregor died Oct. 19 at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, the result of a horse-back riding accident. A four-year resident of El Dorado County, she is a 1976 graduate of Davis High School and a 1982 graduate of UC Davis. She was a member of Phi Mu Sorority, the First Southern Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church, both of Davis.

Mrs. MacGregor is survived by her husband, Duncan MacGregor, children Ian MacGregor and Sinclair MacGregor, all of Shingle Springs, parents Joan and David Musil of Atwater, sister Debbie Allerton of Washington, brother Terry Musil of Downey; and grandmother, Lillian Lowell of Atwater. The family requests remembrances be sent to the Rescue Horseman's Association in care of Marge Bittick, Rescue, 95672.

Events

Birth31 Aug 1958Japan
Marriage29 Dec 1979Davis, Yolo Co., California - Duncan David MacGregor
Death19 Oct 1987Sacramento Co., California
Alt nameBarbara Joan MacGregor
BurialDavis Cemetery, Davis, Yolo Co., California

Families

SpouseDuncan David MacGregor (1958 - )
ChildIan David MacGregor (1984 - )
ChildSinclair Duncan MacGregor (1986 - )
FatherDavid Dean Musil (1934 - 2009)
MotherJoan Yvonne Lowell (1935 - )
SiblingDeborah Lee Musil (1956 - )
SiblingTerry David Musil (1957 - )

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