OBIT: Mabel Ruth (HANDWERK) BARKLEY, 2000, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BARKLEY
  
    Mabel Ruth Barkley, 87, of Newfield, N.J., formerly of Berlin, died May
  13, 2000, at Mater Dei Nursing Home.  Born Jan. 9, 1913, in Berlin,
  daughter of Frank and Ada (Baer) Handwerk.  Preceded in death by parents,
  husband, Ralph Franklin Barkley, sister, Mae Gray and brother, Norman
  Handwerk.  Survived by these children:  Arlene Beres of Lyndhurst, N.J.,
  Nathan Barkley of Berlin, and Barry Barkley of Pittsgrove, N. J.;
  grandchildren: Timothy Curtin, Christopher and Edward Barkley, Jennifer
  Snavely, and Lori Uptegraph; and 4 great-grandchildren.  She enjoyed
  sewing.  Long-time member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Pine Hill, and
  later a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin.  Family will
  receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. until service at 11
  a.m. Wednesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin.  Rev. Gene Abel
  officiating.  Interment, Berlin I.O.O.F. Cemetery.  Memorial contributions
  may be given to Mater Dei Nursing Home, 176 Route 40, Newfield, N.J. 08344.
  
  Daily American, May 15, 2000
  
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