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BARKER, Phyllis Eileen 1927-2003

BARKER, FRANCIS, THOMPSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/8/2009 at 20:14:09

LITTLE CEDAR, IOWA — Phyllis Eileen Barker, 75, of Little Cedar, died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at MCRHC-Hospice in Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa.

She was born on August 16, 1927, in Hutchins, to Dale and Marion (Francis) Thompson.

She attended a country school in Sexton, Iowa, a school in Algona, and graduated from Rudd High School in 1945. She then graduated from Pixie’s Beauty School in Waterloo.

She worked at Hansen’s Beauty Shop in Osage before opening her own business, “Phyllis’s Beauty Shop,” in Osage, which she ran for five years.

Phyllis married Gregory Barker on July 15, 1951, at the United Methodist Church in Osage. They made their home south of Little Cedar.

Phyllis was a member of the Little Cedar United Methodist Church, where she was an active member of her church circle. She also was a member of the “Just A Mere Club.”

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at the United Methodist Church in Osage, with the Rev. Jay Amundson and the Rev. Karen Nichols Dungan officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, and one hour before services at the church.

She is survived by husband, Gregory Barker, of Little Cedar; a daughter, Linda (Neil) Schroeder, of St. Ansgar; three sons, Galen (Audrey) Barker, Gorden (Kim) Barker, and Glen (Carrie) Barker, all of Osage; nine grandchildren, Martin (Allison) Schroeder of Scottsdale, Ariz., Stacy Schroeder, of Ames, Garrett, Brittany, Dustin, Colin, Brandon, Brett, and Breana Barker, all of Osage; a sister, Shirley Sletten, of Osage; two brothers, Dean (Irene) Thompson of Osage, and Marvin (Pat) Thompson, of Mason City; one brother-in-law, Dean (Charlotte) Barker, of Osage; one sister-in-law, Helen Young, of Osage; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers-in-law, Darrell Sletten and Charles Young.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]


 

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