Barker - Elmer
Elmer BARKER
Source: Vandalia Leader-Union, October 21, 1980, page 3 obit found Mrs. Grover Dowden's scrapbook
Feb 20, 1959 - Elmer Barker, 75, died at 1 a.m. Wednesday at St. Eliz. Hospital, Danville, Ill. He had been hospitalized 8 days. He was born May 7, 1883, son of Isaac & Mary Shoaf Barker. He was married July 27, 1908 to Leona Hicks. Mr. Barker farmed near Veedersburg and was formerly of Kingman. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Church and I.O.O.F. Lodge #339 and Rebekah Lodge in Kingman. Survivors include the widow, a brother Guy, a sister, Mrs. Claude Tunin of Cates. He was preceded in death by a brother. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday at the Woodrow Funeral home in Kingman with the Rev. Dubois officiating, assisted by Rev. Dale Wilson. Burial in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery.
Source: Obituary from Betty Dotson
Elmer Barker, 75, of Veedersburg, Rt 2, died at 1:00 a.m. Wed. in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Danville, where he had been a patient 8 days. A farmer, Mr. Barker was b. May 7, 1883 in Park (sic) County, son of Isaac and Mary Elizabeth Shoaf Barker. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 339 of Kingman. Leona Hicks who survives. Also surviving are a brother, Guy Barker of Kingman and a sister, Mrs. Clyde Tunin of Cates. Services will be at 2:00 p.m today (Friday) at the Woodrow Funeral Home in Kingman with the Rev. Paul DuBois officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dale Wilson. Burial will be in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery.