DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Clarence Barker 785-273-2144 (Husband)
1. Full Name: Eva Joyce Barker Age: 77 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , April 4, 2003
4 Place of death: Topeka nursing home
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: April 14, 1925 Place of birth: Preston, KS
6.b. Parents: John Nichols Florene Allen Nichols
6.c. Years in current city/town: 25 years
7. Background: She grew up in Preston and attended schools there. She graduated from Preston High School
in 1943. On August 9, 1946 she was married to Clarence B. Barker in Hutchinson, KS. He survives. She spent
many years as a homemaker, and later worked for the Board of Healing Arts for the State of Kansas. She retired
from there. She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ in Topeka. She was a member of the Farm
Bureau Extension Service, and a member of the Writers Bloc of Topeka.
8. Relatives:
8.b. preceded in death by: 1 Brother, John Robert Nichols
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: Clarence Barker, Topeka, KS; 2 Sons: Stephen M. Barker of Tucson, AZ; and Terry
Barker of Topeka, KS; 4 Grandchildren; 6 Great-grandchildren. 1 Brother: Richard Nichols of Dallas, TX.
9. Service time, day, date, place: Memorial Services will be at 10:30am, Monday, April 7, 2003 at
Northside Church of Christ in Topeka.
10. Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery
11. Visitation times, place: None .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: None
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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Director: Sue Brueggemann