Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Barker, Charlotte "Lottie" (Bower) October 1, 1969 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net November 25, 2021, 8:12 pm Lake Odessa Wave-Thurs. October 9, 1969 CHARLOTTE BARKER DIES AT BELDING Mrs. Charlotte Lottie Barker, 89, passed away last Wednesday afternoon at the Christian rest Home at Belding where she had been a patient almost four years. She was born in Odessa Township Sept. 19, 1880, daughter of John and Rachel (Lepard) Bower, and was a lifelong resident of the area. Mrs Barker was a member of the Lakewood United Methodist Church, the WSCS of the church, Recreation Club and a charter member of the Blue Star Mothers Chapter. She married George C. Barker Oct. 21, 1899, and he passed away March 2, 1967. Surviving are a son, Gerald of Belding; five daughters, Mrs Myron (Thelma) Hancock and Mrs Monty (Wanda) Hawlins of Brooksville, Fla.; Mrs Glenn (Natalie) Hawkins and Mrs Paul (Margaret) Faust of Phoenix, Ariz., ad Mrs Kenneth (Ardith) Stokke of Portland, Ore.; 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs Emma Griebel and Mrs. Arvilla Murty of Lake Odessa and now residents of the Christian Rest Home and a brother, Tello Bower of Big Rapids. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Pickens funeral Chapel. Rev. Wilbur Williams officiated, with burial in Lakeside cemetery. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#11-1356-2 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/barker41252nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb