BARKER, M. Florence 1916 - 1992

BARKER, DAVIS, ADAMS, BOWERS, AMRINE, MAIRET, POTTORFF

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:22:45

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, October 30, 1992
Page 14, Columns 3 and 4

M. Florence BARKER

M. Florence BARKER, 76, 1009 W. Stone Ave., died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 1992, at Jefferson County Hospital.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. John Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A memorial has been established.

Mrs. BARKER was born Oct. 18, 1916, north of Packwood, the daughter of Minor and Lillus Elmina DAVIS ADAMS. She graduated from Packwood High School and on Sept. 28, 1935, married Edward M. BARKER at the Methodist parsonage in Ottumwa. He died June 7, 1984. A resident of the Fairfield community for 57 years, she was a homemaker and an Avon sales representative before her retirement. She was a member of First Christian Church, VFW Auxiliary, and the Eagles Auxiliary, having served as its first president.

Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth BOWERS of Mount Lebanon, Pa.; two stepchildren, Darrell BARKER of Dubuque, Carol AMRINE of Brighton; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Edna MAIRET of Fairfield; and a brother, Willard ADAMS of Alamonte Springs, Fla. Her parents, six brothers, Clay, Floyd, Byron, Raleigh, Joseph, James, and two sisters, Elva and Hazel, preceded her in death.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, November 11, 1922
Page 13, Columns 3 and 4

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PROBATE NO. P4068-1192
THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
JEFFERSON COUNTY
IN THE ESTATE OF M. FLORENCE BARKER, DECEASED.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF M. FLORENCE BARKER, DECEASED, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 29, 1992:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1992, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF M. FLORENCE BARKER, DECEASED, BEARING DATE OF THE 3RD DAY OF JULY, 1984, WAS ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN THE ABOVE NAMED COURT AND THAT CAROL AMRINE WAS APPOINTED EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE. ANY ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE WILL MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAID COUNTY WITHIN THE LATER TO OCCUR OF FOUR MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF HIS NOTICE OR ONE MONTH FROM THE DATE OF MAILING OF THIS NOTICE TO ALL HEIRS OF THE DECEDENT AND DEVISEES UNDER THE WILL WHOSE IDENTITIES ARE REASONABLE ASCERTAINABLE, OR THEREAFTER BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE ESTATE ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT TO THE UNDERSIGNED, AND CREDITORS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE SHALL FILE THEM WITH THE CLERK OF THE ABOVE NAMED DISTRICT COURT, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, DULY AUTHENTICATED, FOR ALLOWANCE, AND UNLESS SO FILED BY THE LATER TO OCCUR OF FOUR MONTHS FROM THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR ONE MONTH FROM THE DATE OF MAILING OF THIS NOTICE (UNLESS OTHERWISE ALLOWED OR PAID) A CLAIM IS THEREAFTER FOREVER BARRED.

DATED THIS 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1992
CAROL AMRINE
EXECUTOR OF ESTATE
R. R. 2
BRIGHTON, IA 52540

PARKIN & CAMERON
ATTORNEY FOR ESTATE
119 NORTH COURT ST
FAIRFIELD, IA 52556
DATE OF SECOND PUBLICATION
18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1992
Nov. 11, 18, 1992

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.212. She was Edward's second wife, he being first married to Etola POTTORFF who died in 1934. Florence is buried with Edward, and Etola has an individual gravestone, all on the same lot.