BARKER, Elbert 1891 - 1974

BARKER, LOCKWOOD, BREWINGTON, BLOCK, HICKENBOTTOM, HOSACK, WEBER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, January 16, 1974
Page 8, column 4

Death Takes E. BARKER

Elbert BARKER, 83, 907 W. Jefferson, died Tuesday afternoon at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis.

He had entered the hospital Sunday while he was visiting his son, Ernest, in Milwaukee.

The body is being returned to the Raymond Funeral Home where last rites are pending.

Elbert BARKER was born April 13, 1891, in Keosauqua, the son of Milton and Lora LOCKWOOD BARKER. He was reared and educated in the Keosauqua Community and Ottumwa.

He was first married to Ethel BREWINGTON, and later to Iva BLOCK in Davenport July 16, 1932. She died March 24, 1970.

Survivors include two sons, Ernest, Milwaukee, and Robert, Darby, Mont.; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond HICKENBOTTOM, Fairfield; a stepson, John HOSACK, Franklin, Pa.; and a sister, Mrs. Nina WEBER, Ottumwa.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, January 17, 1974
Page 8, Column 3

BARKER Rites

Last rites for Elbert BARKER, 83, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Raymond Funeral Home.

BARKER, 907 W. Jefferson, died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Wayne Bartruff. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

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Note: Buried in Lot 4th.223 with second wife Iva. Elbert was in the U. S. Army from 1909 to 1911, and from 1916 to 1917. First wife Ethel died in 1974 and was buried in Davenport IA.