Our loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Beatrice "Bea" Barker returned to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Valley City, Utah. She resided at 3376 South Beehive Street (2970 West) in the Granger area of West Valley City, Utah at the time of her death.
Bea was born December 10, 1918 in Telluride, CO to adoring parents, Ralph Starbuck and Gladys Collins Yoxall.
Bea married, the love of her life, Verl George Barker, in Salt Lake City on March 8, 1947. She was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1958 and devotedly served in various capacities. Verl and Bea were sealed in the Jordan River Temple on October 26, 1991.
Bea enjoyed serving others throughout her life by sharing her many talents and hobbies. She was a marvelous cook and especially enjoyed cake decorating.
Many were recipients of her beautiful handiwork items. Bea and Verl spent many enjoyable hours square dancing and working in their ceramic shop together.
Bea was preceded in death by her husband, who died on October 11, 2007, one son, Mark Adrian Elston, her parents, grandson, Jeremy, and brother, Dale. She is survived by four sons: Verl George Jr. (Kathleen), Corin Lynn (Nadine), Ralph Wilbur (Barbara), and James Alan (Gena), one bother, Al, 16 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and two great- great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Granger Tenth Ward Chapel, 3276 South Hillsdale Drive (2900 West). Friends may call on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Redwood Memorial Estates Mortuary, 6500 South Redwood Road (1700 West), and one hour prior to the services at the Church.
Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on 6/16/2009.
Bea was born December 10, 1918 in Telluride, CO to adoring parents, Ralph Starbuck and Gladys Collins Yoxall.
Bea married, the love of her life, Verl George Barker, in Salt Lake City on March 8, 1947. She was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1958 and devotedly served in various capacities. Verl and Bea were sealed in the Jordan River Temple on October 26, 1991.
Bea enjoyed serving others throughout her life by sharing her many talents and hobbies. She was a marvelous cook and especially enjoyed cake decorating.
Many were recipients of her beautiful handiwork items. Bea and Verl spent many enjoyable hours square dancing and working in their ceramic shop together.
Bea was preceded in death by her husband, who died on October 11, 2007, one son, Mark Adrian Elston, her parents, grandson, Jeremy, and brother, Dale. She is survived by four sons: Verl George Jr. (Kathleen), Corin Lynn (Nadine), Ralph Wilbur (Barbara), and James Alan (Gena), one bother, Al, 16 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and two great- great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Granger Tenth Ward Chapel, 3276 South Hillsdale Drive (2900 West). Friends may call on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Redwood Memorial Estates Mortuary, 6500 South Redwood Road (1700 West), and one hour prior to the services at the Church.
Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on 6/16/2009.
Our loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Beatrice "Bea" Barker returned to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Valley City, Utah. She resided at 3376 South Beehive Street (2970 West) in the Granger area of West Valley City, Utah at the time of her death.
Bea was born December 10, 1918 in Telluride, CO to adoring parents, Ralph Starbuck and Gladys Collins Yoxall.
Bea married, the love of her life, Verl George Barker, in Salt Lake City on March 8, 1947. She was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1958 and devotedly served in various capacities. Verl and Bea were sealed in the Jordan River Temple on October 26, 1991.
Bea enjoyed serving others throughout her life by sharing her many talents and hobbies. She was a marvelous cook and especially enjoyed cake decorating.
Many were recipients of her beautiful handiwork items. Bea and Verl spent many enjoyable hours square dancing and working in their ceramic shop together.
Bea was preceded in death by her husband, who died on October 11, 2007, one son, Mark Adrian Elston, her parents, grandson, Jeremy, and brother, Dale. She is survived by four sons: Verl George Jr. (Kathleen), Corin Lynn (Nadine), Ralph Wilbur (Barbara), and James Alan (Gena), one bother, Al, 16 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and two great- great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Granger Tenth Ward Chapel, 3276 South Hillsdale Drive (2900 West). Friends may call on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Redwood Memorial Estates Mortuary, 6500 South Redwood Road (1700 West), and one hour prior to the services at the Church.
Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on 6/16/2009.
Bea was born December 10, 1918 in Telluride, CO to adoring parents, Ralph Starbuck and Gladys Collins Yoxall.
Bea married, the love of her life, Verl George Barker, in Salt Lake City on March 8, 1947. She was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 15, 1958 and devotedly served in various capacities. Verl and Bea were sealed in the Jordan River Temple on October 26, 1991.
Bea enjoyed serving others throughout her life by sharing her many talents and hobbies. She was a marvelous cook and especially enjoyed cake decorating.
Many were recipients of her beautiful handiwork items. Bea and Verl spent many enjoyable hours square dancing and working in their ceramic shop together.
Bea was preceded in death by her husband, who died on October 11, 2007, one son, Mark Adrian Elston, her parents, grandson, Jeremy, and brother, Dale. She is survived by four sons: Verl George Jr. (Kathleen), Corin Lynn (Nadine), Ralph Wilbur (Barbara), and James Alan (Gena), one bother, Al, 16 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and two great- great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Granger Tenth Ward Chapel, 3276 South Hillsdale Drive (2900 West). Friends may call on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Redwood Memorial Estates Mortuary, 6500 South Redwood Road (1700 West), and one hour prior to the services at the Church.
Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on 6/16/2009.
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