OBIT/Other Data: Martin Luther BARNER, 1958, Barners Cemetery, Perry County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Lee Bates Fisher and Patricia Knouse Campbell Transcribed by Nancy Lorz. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/perry/ html listing for Barner [St. John's] Cemetery may be found at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/perry/tsimages/barners-al.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/perry/tsimages/barners-mz.htm _______________________________________________ MARTIN LUTHER BARNER M. Luther Barner, 72, of Freeburg M. Luther Barner, 72, of Freeburg, died Tuesday at 4 p.m. at his home following a stroke which he suffered at 2:30 p.m. Mr. Barner was a retired farmer. Mr. Barner was born April 23, 1886 at Liverpool RD. He was the son of the late Jacob and Alice Deckard Barner. He was a member of St. John's (Barner's) Lutheran Church, Liverpool RD. He was married to Dora Markley, August 8, 1908. She preceded him in death August 6, 1924. He is survived by two sons, Markley and Carl Barner, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Sechrist of Millerstown, Mrs. Minnie Rhoads, Selinsgrove, and Mrs. Milton Gelnett of Liverpool; a brother, Lee Barner of Harrisburg. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Garman's funeral home, Mt. Pleasant Mills. Rev. Theodore Lindquist, pastor of the Liverpool Lutheran parish, will officiate. Interment will be in St. John's Church cemetery, Liverpool RD. Viewing will be held Thursday evening at the funeral home. Mr. Barner's six nephews, Albert Barner, Clayton Gelnett, Roy and Barner Lyter, Leroy and Blake Sechrist, will serve as pall bearers. Sunbury Daily Item, Sunbury, PA Wednesday, July 9, 1958, page 13.