Clarence Barber

BARBER, TOPINKA, HANRAHAN, STEWARD

Posted By: Ruth Maring (email)
Date: 11/30/2005 at 12:20:33

The Quad City Times

Clarence Barber 11/03/1998 DeWITT, Iowa -- Services for Clarence Barber, of DeWitt, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Schultz Funeral Home, DeWitt. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, DeWitt, with special military rites accorded by the DeWitt American Legion. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Barber died Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport, after a long illness. He taught vocational agriculture at Coggan, Iowa, and DeWitt High School, and later taught junior high school math at DeWitt Central, retiring in 1989. He also was employed at Oscar Mayer and was a crop insurance adjuster. Most recently, he was employed at DeWitt Super Wash. He was born Dec. 16, 1926, in DeWitt. He married Emeline "Babe" Topinka in 1952 in DeWitt. He was an Army veteran of World War II. A memorial has been established. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Shelly Hanrahan, DeWitt; a son, Sheldon, Dysart; seven grandchildren; sisters, Ioma Steward and Jessica Hanrahan, both of DeWitt; and a brother, Lloyd, DeWitt.