Obituary:  Ruth I. (VanPOOL) BARKER, d. 1991, Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin

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The Janesville Gazette, Page 2B, Janesville, Wisconsin, Tuesday, March 19, 1991

Barker, Ruth Irene

Age 94

Date of death: March 18, 1991, Cedar Crest Health Care Center

Date of birth: Aug. 2, 1896, Milton

Parents: Elmer and Effie (Smart) VanPool

Spouses: Clinton F. Barker and Wallace Johnston

Memberships: Cargill United Methodist Church
             Janesville Senior Brass Band

Survivors: 1 son, Robert E. (Agnes) Johnston of Beloit
           1 daughter, Dorothy Eckstrom of Beloit
           1 stepson, Robert (Hazel) Barker of Mountain Home, AR
           1 brother, Gerald (Ann) VanPool of Kensington, MD
           4 grandchildren
           16 step-grandchildren
           16 great-grandchildren
           3 great-great grandchildren
           3 step-great-great-grandchildren

Preceded in death by: her parents
                      both husbands
                      1 son, David
                      1 stepson, Louis
                      1 stepdaughter, Jessie

Funeral services: March 21, 1991, CARGILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CHAPEL

Officiant: Rev. Lucretia Fehrmann

Burial: Milton Lawns Memorial Park