Eureka Herald, April 16, 1998
Catherine Barrier, 84, of El Dorado, formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, April 11, 1998, at the Beverly Health Care Center.
She was born June 19, 1913, on the family farm near Severy, the daughter of Robert P. and Mable (Eddy) Simmons. She attended the Upper Paw Paw Grade School and was a graduate of Severy Rural High School in the class of 1931.
On October 16, 1931, she was united in marriage to Clinton Oscar Barrier in Eureka. They made their home in Eureka, where she was a homemaker and worked as a sales clerk for Zenishek's Department Store for 16 years and DeVoe's Fashion for seven years.
Barrier was a member of the Christian and Congregational Church of Eureka and held membership in the Golden Age Club, Queen Bess Chapter NO. 56, Order of Eastern Star, a life member of V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary and the Eureka Rebekah Lodge for over 50 years. She was a longtime volunteer for the Red Cross and the Greenwood County Hospital Auxiliary. Her husband preceded her in death on January 7, 1987. She moved to El Dorado in 1996 to be near her family.
Survivors include two sons Carl Barrier and Glenn Barrier, both of El Dorado; two daughters Evelyn Joan Walford of Springfield, MO., and Sharon Kay Woods of El Dorado; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons, Harold Dean Barrier and Elwin Earl Barrier, three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services were held April 14 at the Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home in Eureka with Rev. Stan Seymour, Pastor of the First Christian Church of El Dorado officiating. Interment followed in the Barrier Cemetery northwest of Eureka.
A memorial has been established in her name with V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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On most summer Sunday afternoons she would invite her children to dinner and cook the best fried chicken in Kansas. Dessert was usually chocolate cake & sometimes homemade icecream.
Catherine Barrier, 84, of El Dorado, formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, April 11, 1998, at the Beverly Health Care Center.
She was born June 19, 1913, on the family farm near Severy, the daughter of Robert P. and Mable (Eddy) Simmons. She attended the Upper Paw Paw Grade School and was a graduate of Severy Rural High School in the class of 1931.
On October 16, 1931, she was united in marriage to Clinton Oscar Barrier in Eureka. They made their home in Eureka, where she was a homemaker and worked as a sales clerk for Zenishek's Department Store for 16 years and DeVoe's Fashion for seven years.
Barrier was a member of the Christian and Congregational Church of Eureka and held membership in the Golden Age Club, Queen Bess Chapter NO. 56, Order of Eastern Star, a life member of V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary and the Eureka Rebekah Lodge for over 50 years. She was a longtime volunteer for the Red Cross and the Greenwood County Hospital Auxiliary. Her husband preceded her in death on January 7, 1987. She moved to El Dorado in 1996 to be near her family.
Survivors include two sons Carl Barrier and Glenn Barrier, both of El Dorado; two daughters Evelyn Joan Walford of Springfield, MO., and Sharon Kay Woods of El Dorado; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons, Harold Dean Barrier and Elwin Earl Barrier, three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services were held April 14 at the Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home in Eureka with Rev. Stan Seymour, Pastor of the First Christian Church of El Dorado officiating. Interment followed in the Barrier Cemetery northwest of Eureka.
A memorial has been established in her name with V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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On most summer Sunday afternoons she would invite her children to dinner and cook the best fried chicken in Kansas. Dessert was usually chocolate cake & sometimes homemade icecream.
Eureka Herald, April 16, 1998
Catherine Barrier, 84, of El Dorado, formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, April 11, 1998, at the Beverly Health Care Center.
She was born June 19, 1913, on the family farm near Severy, the daughter of Robert P. and Mable (Eddy) Simmons. She attended the Upper Paw Paw Grade School and was a graduate of Severy Rural High School in the class of 1931.
On October 16, 1931, she was united in marriage to Clinton Oscar Barrier in Eureka. They made their home in Eureka, where she was a homemaker and worked as a sales clerk for Zenishek's Department Store for 16 years and DeVoe's Fashion for seven years.
Barrier was a member of the Christian and Congregational Church of Eureka and held membership in the Golden Age Club, Queen Bess Chapter NO. 56, Order of Eastern Star, a life member of V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary and the Eureka Rebekah Lodge for over 50 years. She was a longtime volunteer for the Red Cross and the Greenwood County Hospital Auxiliary. Her husband preceded her in death on January 7, 1987. She moved to El Dorado in 1996 to be near her family.
Survivors include two sons Carl Barrier and Glenn Barrier, both of El Dorado; two daughters Evelyn Joan Walford of Springfield, MO., and Sharon Kay Woods of El Dorado; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons, Harold Dean Barrier and Elwin Earl Barrier, three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services were held April 14 at the Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home in Eureka with Rev. Stan Seymour, Pastor of the First Christian Church of El Dorado officiating. Interment followed in the Barrier Cemetery northwest of Eureka.
A memorial has been established in her name with V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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On most summer Sunday afternoons she would invite her children to dinner and cook the best fried chicken in Kansas. Dessert was usually chocolate cake & sometimes homemade icecream.
Catherine Barrier, 84, of El Dorado, formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, April 11, 1998, at the Beverly Health Care Center.
She was born June 19, 1913, on the family farm near Severy, the daughter of Robert P. and Mable (Eddy) Simmons. She attended the Upper Paw Paw Grade School and was a graduate of Severy Rural High School in the class of 1931.
On October 16, 1931, she was united in marriage to Clinton Oscar Barrier in Eureka. They made their home in Eureka, where she was a homemaker and worked as a sales clerk for Zenishek's Department Store for 16 years and DeVoe's Fashion for seven years.
Barrier was a member of the Christian and Congregational Church of Eureka and held membership in the Golden Age Club, Queen Bess Chapter NO. 56, Order of Eastern Star, a life member of V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary and the Eureka Rebekah Lodge for over 50 years. She was a longtime volunteer for the Red Cross and the Greenwood County Hospital Auxiliary. Her husband preceded her in death on January 7, 1987. She moved to El Dorado in 1996 to be near her family.
Survivors include two sons Carl Barrier and Glenn Barrier, both of El Dorado; two daughters Evelyn Joan Walford of Springfield, MO., and Sharon Kay Woods of El Dorado; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons, Harold Dean Barrier and Elwin Earl Barrier, three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services were held April 14 at the Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home in Eureka with Rev. Stan Seymour, Pastor of the First Christian Church of El Dorado officiating. Interment followed in the Barrier Cemetery northwest of Eureka.
A memorial has been established in her name with V. F. W. Post 2712 Ladies Auxiliary. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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On most summer Sunday afternoons she would invite her children to dinner and cook the best fried chicken in Kansas. Dessert was usually chocolate cake & sometimes homemade icecream.
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