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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Robert L.
Barker
April 6, 1918 – February 10, 2007
Obituary
Mr. Robert L. Barker, 88, of Collinsville, Illinois, born April 6, 1918 in Granite City, Illinois, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Eden Village Retirement Center, Glen Carbon, Illinois.
Mr. Barker was a World War II U.S. Navy Veteran, retired as an operating engineer out of Local 520. He was an honorary member of Town and Country Gun Club, a member of Collinsville VFW Post 5691, and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Troy, Illinois. Robert was a resident of the Collinsville-Troy area since 1946.
Mr. Barker was preceded in death by his wife, Alma Barker whom he married April 6, 1946, and who passed away May 26, 1991; his parents, George and Anna (nee:Mesplay) Barker; five brothers, his twin brother at birth, Raymond, Ralph, Glenn and Edward Barker; four sisters, Gladys Caton, Gertrude Cooper, Louise Mayer and Ethel Schneider.
Surviving Mr. Barker are his sons, R.E. (Tammy) Barker of Hamel, Illinois; and R. Louis (Carol) Barker of Collinsville, Illinois; three grandchildren, Susan Smith-Anderson, Robert Barker, and Ryan Barker; four great-grandchildren, Drake, Skie and Donovan Barker and Seth Anderson.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.laughlinfh.com.
VISITATION: Private visitation from 9:00 A.M. to time of service at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at Laughlin Funeral Home, Troy, Illinois.
FUNERAL: Private Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at Laughlin Funeral Home, with the Reverend James Gullen officiating. Intombment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Faiview Heights, Illinois.
Mr. Barker was a World War II U.S. Navy Veteran, retired as an operating engineer out of Local 520. He was an honorary member of Town and Country Gun Club, a member of Collinsville VFW Post 5691, and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Troy, Illinois. Robert was a resident of the Collinsville-Troy area since 1946.
Mr. Barker was preceded in death by his wife, Alma Barker whom he married April 6, 1946, and who passed away May 26, 1991; his parents, George and Anna (nee:Mesplay) Barker; five brothers, his twin brother at birth, Raymond, Ralph, Glenn and Edward Barker; four sisters, Gladys Caton, Gertrude Cooper, Louise Mayer and Ethel Schneider.
Surviving Mr. Barker are his sons, R.E. (Tammy) Barker of Hamel, Illinois; and R. Louis (Carol) Barker of Collinsville, Illinois; three grandchildren, Susan Smith-Anderson, Robert Barker, and Ryan Barker; four great-grandchildren, Drake, Skie and Donovan Barker and Seth Anderson.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.laughlinfh.com.
VISITATION: Private visitation from 9:00 A.M. to time of service at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at Laughlin Funeral Home, Troy, Illinois.
FUNERAL: Private Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at Laughlin Funeral Home, with the Reverend James Gullen officiating. Intombment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Faiview Heights, Illinois.
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